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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 ʒɔzɛf 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 La Pérouse expedition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux has received more than 75,383 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux is the 235th most popular explorer (down from 214th in 2019), the 2,778th most popular biography from France (down from 2,500th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 235 out of 405Before him are Dinis Dias, Juan de Garay, Alexandrine Tinné, Edward Bransfield, Carl Anton Larsen, and John Byron. After him are Chris McCandless, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Samuel Baker, Ma Huan, Francis Garnier, and Jorge Álvares.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 21Before him are Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Tokugawa Ieharu, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Maria Caterina Brignole, and Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau. After him are Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Suzanne Curchod, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Alexander Dalrymple, Charlotte de Rohan, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Among people deceased in 1793, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 26Before him are Jacques Cathelineau, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, John Hunter, Pietro Nardini, and Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine. After him are John Michell, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Armand Louis de Gontaut, William Hudson, and William Aiton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 2,778 out of 6,011Before him are Jean Carmet (1920), Alain Corneau (1943), Charles Nungesser (1892), Odo I, Count of Blois (950), Ferdinand Zecca (1864), and Jean Patou (1887). After him are Antoine Coysevox (1640), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence (1114), Claude Lefort (1924), Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678), and Antoine Forqueray (1671).

Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux ranks 23Before him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), René Caillié (1799), and Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867). After him are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Freya Stark (1893), Pierre Poivre (1719), and Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859).