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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

was born 295 years ago

11 November 1729

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was a French soldier and explorer who wrote a calculus book, but is better known for his other exploits.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bougainville/