What is Louis-Antoine de Bougainville?
{{Infobox Person |name = Louis-Antoine de Bougainville |image = Louis Antoine de Bougainville - Portrait par Jean-Pierre Franquel.jpg |caption = Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, by Jean-Pierre Franquel |birth_name = |birth_date = 12 November 1729 |birth_place = [[Paris]] |death_date = 31 August 1811 |death_place = [[Paris]] |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = [[France]] |other_names = |known_for = |education = |employer = |occupation = |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relatives = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Louis-Antoine de Bougainville''' was an [[admiral]] and [[navigation|navigator]] from [[France]]. In 1766 he was sent by his government to make a trip around the world, called ''circumnavigation'', which took from 1766 to 1769.<ref name=fishy>{{cite book | last = Sherwin| first = Frank| title = The Ocean Book| publisher = Master Books| date = 2004| location = P.O. Box 726, Green Forest, AR 72638| isbn = 0-89051-401-1}}</ref> He rediscovered (found again) the [[Solomon Islands]] in 1768 (the largest island is named for him). He also collected plants and made a trustworthy chart of some parts of the center of the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Bougainville saw a part of the [[Great Barier Reef]], but could not find [[Australia]]. [[File:Bougainville - Traité du calcul intégral, 1754 - 162404.jpg|thumb|upright|''Traité du calcul intégral'', 1754]] == References == <references/> == Other websites == {{commons|Louis Antoine de Bougainville}} *[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2284 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] *[http://1759.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/ From the Warpath to the Pl