The first biography of Bougainville in English, "Storms and Dreams" opens a window to a remarkable eighteenth-century life and to the greater world of the Enlightenment."
The Life of Louis de Bougainville
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/08/2007
Witty, charming, and fiercely intelligent, Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729 1811) managed, in the course of a long life, to play a part in nearly every facet of eighteenth-century life and culture. "Storms and Dreams" is a lively, authoritative recounting of Bougainville's adventures and achievements, which ranged from seamanship and soldiering to mathematics and navigation. Dunmore follows Bougainville from the French and Indian War, during which he commanded a unit in the defense of Quebec City, to his circumnavigation of the globe in 1766. During that trip, he became one of the first Westerners to visit Tahiti; on his return, he published a book about the island that contributed greatly to Tahiti's lasting reputation as a paradise of noble savages. In his last years, Bougainville served in the senate under Napoleon and was made a member of the Legion of Honor.
The first biography of Bougainville in English, "Storms and Dreams" opens a window to a remarkable eighteenth-century life and to the greater world of the Enlightenment."
The first biography of Bougainville in English, "Storms and Dreams" opens a window to a remarkable eighteenth-century life and to the greater world of the Enlightenment."
- ISBN:
- 9781602230002
- 9781602230002
- Category:
- The Earth: natural history general
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 15-08-2007
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of Alaska Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 158.75x241.3x25.4mm
- Weight:
- 0.35kg
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