d'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni

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Title
d'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni
Family name
d'Entrecasteaux
Given name(s)
Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni
Alternate name(s) / title(s) 
Joseph-Antoine Raymond Bruni D'Entrecasteaux
Gender
Male
Short description
French navigator who in the Recherche made contact with the Australian coast in 1792 while seeking traces of the lost expedition of La Perouse. Entrecasteaux died of scurvy on the expedition in 1793.
Full biographical data
<p><a href="https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bruni-dentrecasteaux-josephantoine-raymond-1841">https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bruni-dentrecasteaux-josephantoine-raymond-1841</a></p>
Person role 
Explorer
Birth date
November 8, 1737
Country of birth 
France
Death date 
July 21, 1793
Country of death
Papua New Guinea
Cause of death
Disease

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