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ENTRECASTEAUX

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JOSEPH-See also:ANTOINE See also:BRUNI D' (1739-1793), See also:French navigator, was See also:born at See also:Aix in 1739. At the See also:age of fifteen he entered the See also:navy. In the See also:war of 1778 he commanded a See also:frigate of See also:thirty-two guns, and by his See also:clever See also:seamanship was successful in convoying a See also:fleet of See also:merchant vessels from See also:Marseilles to the See also:Levant, although they were attacked by two pirate vessels, each of which was larger than his own See also:ship. In 1785 he was appointed to the command of the French fleet in the See also:East Indies, and two years later he was named See also:governor of the See also:Mauritius and the Isle of See also:Bourbon. While in command of the East See also:India fleet he made a voyage to See also:China, an achievement which, in 1791, led the French See also:government to select him to command an expedition which it was sending out to seek some tidings of the unfortunate La Perouse, of whom nothing had been heard since See also:February 1788. See also:Rear-See also:admiral d'Entrecasteaux's expedition comprised the " Recherche " and "L'See also:Esperance," with See also:Captain Huon de See also:Kermadec as second in command. No tidings were obtained of the missing navigator, but in the course of his See also:search Entrecasteaux made important See also:geographical discoveries. He traced the outlines of the eastern See also:coast of New See also:Caledonia, made extensive surveys See also:round the Tasmanian coast, and touched at several places on the See also:south coast of New See also:Holland. The two See also:ships entered See also:Storm See also:Bay, See also:Tasmania, on the 21st of See also:April 1792, and remained '.here until the 16th of May, See also:surveying and naming the d'Entrecasteaux Channel, the entrances to the Huon and See also:Derwent See also:rivers, Bruni See also:Island, Recherche Bay, See also:Port Esperance and various other localities. Excepting the name of the See also:river Derwent (originally called See also:Riviere du See also:Nord by its French discoverers), these foregoing appellations have been retained. Leaving Tasmania the expedition sailed northward for the East Indies, and while See also:coasting near the island of See also:Java, Entrecasteaux was attacked by See also:scurvy and died on the loth of See also:July 1793.

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