Charles du Boisguehenneuc

Charles Marc du Boisguehenneuc (1740[1] — Robuste, 1778[2]) was a French Navy officer. He took part in the First voyage of Kerguelen and served in the War of American Independence.[2] Boisguehenneuc Bay was named in his honour.[1]

Biography

Boisguehenneuc was cousin to Saint Aloüarn.[3]

Boisguehenneuc served as first officer[3] on Gros Ventre, under Saint Aloüarn, and took part in the First voyage of Kerguelen.[2] In 1771, Saint Aloüarn was sick, and Boisguehenneuc took command of Gros Ventre for the first part of the expedition, consisting in sailing to India along the new route proposed by Grenier.[4] Gros Ventre and Fortune then sailed South and discovered the Kerguelen Islands on 13 February 1772, and Boisguehenneuc went ashore on a boat and claimed the land for France.[4][5]

He returned to France on Indien.[2]

Sources and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.
    2. Archives nationales (2011), p. 14.
    3. Stanbury (1999), p. v.
    4. Mon Australie.
    5. Taillemite (1999), p. 315.

    Bibliography

    • Taillemite, Étienne (1999). Marins français à la découverte du monde : de Jacques Cartier à Dumont d'Urville. France: Fayard. ISBN 2-213-60114-3. OCLC 937819780.
    • Stanbury, Myra (1999). "Saint Alouarn and the French Annexation of Western Australia, 1772" (PDF). Report on 1998 Overseas Research. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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