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Voyage autour du monde (Le voyage autour du monde, par la frégate La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile : "Journey around the World") is a book written by French explorater Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Louis-Antoine, comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer....
.

The book is a travel log of the circumnavigation of the Boudeuse
French frigate La Boudeuse (1766)

The Boudeuse was a frigate of the French Navy, famous for being the exploration ship of Louis Antoine de Bougainville between 1766 and 1769....
 and Étoile
French fluyt Étoile (1767)

The ?toile was a fluyt famous for being one of the ships of Louis Antoine de Bougainville in his circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769, along with French frigate La Boudeuse ....
 between 1766 and 1769.

It contains descriptions of the geography, biology and anthropology of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (then a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 colony), Patagonia
Patagonia

Patagonia is a geographic region containing the southernmost portion of South America. Located in Argentina and Chile, it comprises the Andes mountains to the west and south, and plateaux and low plains to the east....
, Tahiti
Tahiti

O Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward Islands group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean....
 and Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
 (then a Dutch
Holland

Holland is a name in common usage given to two regions in the western part of Netherlands. The name 'Holland' is also often mistakenly used to refer to the whole of The Netherlands....
 colony).

The book was a sensation, especially the description of the Tahitian society.






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Voyage autour du monde (Le voyage autour du monde, par la frégate La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile : "Journey around the World") is a book written by French explorater Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Louis-Antoine, comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer....
.

The book is a travel log of the circumnavigation of the Boudeuse
French frigate La Boudeuse (1766)

The Boudeuse was a frigate of the French Navy, famous for being the exploration ship of Louis Antoine de Bougainville between 1766 and 1769....
 and Étoile
French fluyt Étoile (1767)

The ?toile was a fluyt famous for being one of the ships of Louis Antoine de Bougainville in his circumnavigation between 1766 and 1769, along with French frigate La Boudeuse ....
 between 1766 and 1769.

It contains descriptions of the geography, biology and anthropology of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 (then a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 colony), Patagonia
Patagonia

Patagonia is a geographic region containing the southernmost portion of South America. Located in Argentina and Chile, it comprises the Andes mountains to the west and south, and plateaux and low plains to the east....
, Tahiti
Tahiti

O Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward Islands group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean....
 and Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
 (then a Dutch
Holland

Holland is a name in common usage given to two regions in the western part of Netherlands. The name 'Holland' is also often mistakenly used to refer to the whole of The Netherlands....
 colony).

The book was a sensation, especially the description of the Tahitian society. Diderot wrote a Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville

Suppl?ment au voyage de Bougainville, ou dialogue entre A et B sur l'inconv?nient d'attacher des id?es morales ? certaines actions physiques qui n'en comportent pas. is a philosophical dialogue published in 1772, and written in reaction to Louis Antoine de Bougainville's Voyage autour du monde....
 with his reaction to it.

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