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Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux

1737 - 1793

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Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ʁɛmɔ̃ ʒozɛf də bʁyni dɑ̃tʁəkasto]; 8 November 1737 – 21 July 1793) was a French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor. He is perhaps best known for his exploration of the Australian coast in 1792, while searching for the Lapérouse expedition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux has received more than 80,706 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux is the 252nd most popular explorer (down from 234th in 2019), the 3,017th most popular biography from France (down from 2,769th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 252 out of 498. Before him are Rodrigo de Jerez, Edward Bransfield, Juan de Garay, Pero Escobar, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, and Thorvald Eiriksson. After him are Snorri Thorfinnsson, Carl Anton Larsen, Hjalmar Johansen, William Smith, Pierre Poivre, and Jens Munk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 22. Before him are Jacob Philipp Hackert, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Iosif Igelström. After him are Suzanne Curchod, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Maria Caterina Brignole, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Alexander Dalrymple, and Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1793, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 32. Before him are Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, and Armand Louis de Gontaut. After him are Joannicius III of Constantinople, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, William Hudson, Charles de Bonchamps, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and Karl Philipp Moritz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 3,017 out of 6,770. Before him are Petrus de Cruce (1300), Didier Auriol (1958), Brigitte Fontaine (1939), Manuel Amoros (1962), Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282), and Paul Lévy (1886). After him are Marie-Denise Villers (1774), Jules Simon (1814), Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1724), Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), Jean Jouvenet (1644), and Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 26. Before him are André Thevet (1516), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), and Nicolas Baudin (1754). After him are Pierre Poivre (1719), Francis Garnier (1839), Freya Stark (1893), Louis de Freycinet (1779), Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859), and Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755).

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