Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier

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Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier

Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (14 January 1705 – 1786) was a French

explorer, and governor of the Mascarene Islands to the east of Madagascar
.

He was

South Atlantic. With his ships Aigle and Marie he discovered on 1 January 1739 a tiny island which was named Bouvet Island after him, the world’s remotest island; however, he mislabelled the coordinates for the island, causing it to be lost until it was rediscovered seven decades later in 1808. Shortly afterwards, he had to abandon the expedition because most of his crew had fallen ill; his ship then called at the Cape of Good Hope and returned to France
.

Ten years after his expedition, Bouvet de Lozier was appointed governor of the Mascarene Islands twice, once from 1750 to 1752 and a second time from 1757 to 1763.

Voyage of Charles Bouvet in 1738-9

Bibliography

  • Lyubomir Ivanov and Nusha Ivanova. Bouvet and Kerguelen. In: The World of Antarctica. Generis Publishing, 2022. pp. 70–72.

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