Definition of Louis Antoine de Bougainville

1. Noun. French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811).

Exact synonyms: Bougainville
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Explorer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis Antoine De Bougainville

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Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig's disease
Louanne
Loud
Louella
Loughborough
Louie
Louis
Louis' angle
Louis' law
Louis-Bar
Louis-Bar syndrome
Louis-Hector Berlioz
Louis Antoine de Bougainville (current term)
Louis Aragon
Louis Armstrong
Louis Auchincloss
Louis B. Mayer
Louis Bleriot
Louis Braille
Louis Burt Mayer
Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Eugene Felix Neel
Louis Henri Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan
Louis I
Louis II

Literary usage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide, in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned (1902)
"[Privately printed.] [3606 A sprightly and, in certain respects, a brilliant work. Its subject is the Canadian experiences of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The French were now taking a share in the work of discovery, and in 1768 Louis Antoine de Bougainville sailed by way of the central ..."

3. American Policy: The Western Hemisphere in Its Relation to the Eastern by John Bigelow (1914)
"... armees par Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Colonel d'Infanterie, Capitaine de Vaisseau, chif de 1'expedition, G. de Nerville, Capitaine d'Infanterie, ..."

4. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"... commemorate in their rather formidable name, one Louis Antoine de Bougainville, a French soldier and sailor of distinction in the service of Louis the ..."

5. Montreal, 1535-1914 by William Henry Atherton (1914)
"His first aide-de-camp was Louis Antoine de Bougainville, of whom Montcalm wrote in his journal: "He is a young man of light, and literary ability, ..."

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