Antoine Bruny d\' Entrecasteaux
Antoine Raymond Joseph Bruny d' Entrecasteaux , born with Aix-en-Provence the November 8th 1737 and dead the July 20th 1793 in the Pacific Ocean, is a navigator French.
Biography
Knight of a small borough of the High-VAr, wire of a president of the Parliament of Provence, it enters the navy at 15 years under the orders of the baillif of Suffren, his relative.If the beginning of its career proceeds without extraordinary event, it is with the command of the frigate Résolution that it is the proof of its qualities: he makes a success of an active tour of the Indian Ocean until in China by the Détroit of Malacca and by the east of the Filipino , beam, against the Mousson, of the unexplored and dangerous areas.
In 1791, it is charged by Louis XVI with leaving to research Perugia, which one had been without news for three years. Rear-admiral, of Entrecasteaux installs Brest on September 28th 1791 with the frigates Research and the Hope .
See also: Forwarding of Entrecasteaux
It explores a vast area of the Indian Ocean and south of the Pacifique, around the Australia and of the Tasmanie while passing by the New Caledonia, the islands Tonga and the New Guinea. It does not find trace of however nowhere Perugia, although in 1793 it passed to some miles only of the island Vanikoro, place of the disaster of forwarding.
July 20th 1793, of Entrecasteaux succumbs to the Scorbut which corroded it, its forwarding showing a harvest of discovered and observations as well geographical as scientific. Its name and that of his/her collaborators are attached still today to many toponyms of the coasts which they recognized, such as for example the Archipel of Entrecasteaux off the coasts of New Guinea.
A Timbre-poste of New Caledonia of 1953 commemorates Antoine Bruny d' Entrecasteaux (facial value 1,50 F).
External bonds
- its genealogy on the site geneanet samlap
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