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Louis Antoine de Bougainville

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Louis Antoine de Bougainville: The Mathematician, Soldier, and First French Circumnavigator

Louis Antoine de Bougainville: The Mathematician, Soldier, and First French Circumnavigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville was a true polymath of the Enlightenment—a man who transitioned s...

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Philibert Commerson: The French Naturalist of the Great Circumnavigation

Philibert Commerson: The French Naturalist of the Great Circumnavigation Philibert Commerson (1727–1773) was a distinguished French naturalist whose contributions to botany (the study of ...

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