Storms and Dreams: Louis de Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman
- ISBN-10
- 1458794946
- ISBN-13
- 9781458794949
- Pages
- 578
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-01-20
- Publisher
- ReadHowYouWant.com
- Author
- John Dunmore
Description
Witty, charming, and fiercely intelligent, Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (17291811) managed, in the course of a long life, to play a part in nearly every facet of eighteenth-century life and culture. Storms and Dreams is a lively, authoritative recounting of Bougainville's adventures and achievements, which ranged from seamanship and soldiering to mathematics and navigation. Dunmore follows Bougainville from the French and Indian War, during which he commanded a unit in the defense of Quebec City, to his circumnavigation of the globe in 1766. During that trip, he became one of the first Westerners to visit Tahiti; on his return, he published a book about the island that contributed greatly to Tahiti's lasting reputation as a paradise of noble savages. In his last years, Bougainville served in the senate under Napoleon and was made a member of the Legion of Honor.
