Bougainville, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien Baron de (sold)
Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, baron de Bougainville (December 26, 1781 – October 18, 1846) was a French naval officer. He was the son of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville.[1] He became Rear-Admiral on 1 May 1838. He circumnavigated the world between 1824 and 1826 aboard the ships Thétis and Espérance. In 1825, Hyacinthe de Bougainville led an unsuccessful embassy to Vietnam; that same year, he visited Port Jackson and Sydney where he set up a monument to La Pérouse and erected a grave for le Receveur in Botany Bay.
The Earliest Acquirable, Detailed Chart of Port Jackson and Sydney Harbor.
Plan du Port Jackson : Levé à bord de la Frégate la Thétis par M. le Baron de Bougainville.
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This 1828 Bougainville nautical map of Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia is the earliest acquirable, detailed chart of Port Jackson and the approaches to Sydney, in New South Wales. It appeared in the circumnavigator Bougainville's Journal de la Navigation autour du Globe de la Fregate la Thetis et la Corvette l'Esprance Execute pendant les Annees 1824, 1825 et 1826. (more details)