Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux

Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux
Portrait in Voyage to Australia and the Pacific 1791–1793
Born(1737-11-08)8 November 1737
Died21 July 1793(1793-07-21) (aged 55)
off the Hermits
Cause of deathScurvy
NationalityFrench
Years active1754–1793

Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (8 November 1737 – 21 July 1793) was a French Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Isle de France from 1787 to 1789. He is best known for his exploration of the Australian coast in 1792 while searching for Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse.


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