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Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec

1734 - 1797

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Yves Joseph Marie de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French Navy officer. He discovered the Kerguelen Islands 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 for violating Navy regulations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec has received more than 74,585 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec is the 163rd most popular explorer (up from 208th in 2019), the 2,020th most popular biography from France (up from 2,474th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 163 out of 405. Before him are Anthony van Diemen, Sophie Blanchard, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Gil Eanes, Paulo da Gama, and Pedro Mascarenhas. After him are Lancelotto Malocello, Matthew Flinders, Vasily Tatishchev, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Jim Bridger, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 14. Before him are Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Joseph Wright of Derby, Shahrokh Shah, and Nicolas-Edme Rétif. After him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Daniel Boone, Ueda Akinari, and Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1797, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 16. Before him are Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, Joseph Wright of Derby, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Horace Walpole, and Olaudah Equiano. After him are Molla Panah Vagif, Pasquale Anfossi, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, Ivan Shuvalov, and John Wilkes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 2,020 out of 6,011. Before him are William Iron Arm (1010), Louis Delluc (1890), Olivier Giroud (1986), Blanche of Artois (1248), Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712), and Bérenger Saunière (1852). After him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Urbain Grandier (1590), Eugène Carrière (1849), Pierre Charron (1541), Abbo of Fleury (945), and Jacques Lemercier (1585).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 15. Before him are Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Jean Chardin (1643), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), and Sophie Blanchard (1778). After him are Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), and René Caillié (1799).

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