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Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec

1734 - 1797

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Rear-Admiral Yves Joseph Marie de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French Navy officer. He discovered the Kerguelen Islands in 1772 during his first expedition to the southern Indian Ocean. Welcomed as a hero after his voyage and first discovery, Kerguelen fell out of favour after his second voyage and was cashiered in 1775 for violating Navy regulations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec has received more than 79,805 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec is the 207th most popular explorer (down from 162nd in 2019), the 2,602nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,013th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 207 out of 498. Before him are Vasily Tatishchev, Estêvão Gomes, Naddodd, Thekla Resvoll, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and John Ross. After him are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Lincoln Ellsworth, George W. De Long, Alejandro Malaspina, Francisco de Bobadilla, and Duarte Pacheco Pereira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 17. Before him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, Shahrokh Shah, George Romney, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Ueda Akinari, Daniel Boone, Anton Janša, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, and Nicolaas Laurens Burman. Among people deceased in 1797, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 17. Before him are Vilna Gaon, Joseph Wright of Derby, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Horace Walpole, Pasquale Anfossi, and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst. After him are Olaudah Equiano, Wang Zhenyi, Molla Panah Vagif, Ivan Shuvalov, John Wilkes, and Francesco Sabatini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 2,602 out of 6,770. Before him are Jamel Debbouze (1975), Louis Lachenal (1921), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), Margaret of Foix (1453), Aristide Bruant (1851), and Henri Pescarolo (1942). After him are Émile Baudot (1845), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Juliette Drouet (1806), Tony Garnier (1869), Bonne of Artois (1396), and Charles Lavigerie (1825).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 22. Before him are René Caillié (1799), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), André Thevet (1516), and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510). After him are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Pierre Poivre (1719), and Francis Garnier (1839).

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