Table of Contents

PART 1: EARLY YEARS
Prologue: Christening
1. Two Brothers: 1741-52
2. Politics and Diplomacy: 1753-5
3. A Soldier of France: 1755

PART 2: WAR IN CANADA
4. Crossing the North Atlantic: March-May 1756
5. Noble Savages: June-July 1756
6. Lake Ontario to Quebec: July 1756-February 1757
7. From Victory to Defeat: 1757-8
8. Return to France: December 1758-March 1759
9. Quebec Falls: May-September 1759
10. The End of French Canada: May-September 1760

PART 3: CREATING A COLONY
11. Society and Scientists: 1761-2
12. The First Expedition: January-August 1763
13. A Settlement on the Malouines: September 1763-March 1764
14. Interlude in France: May-October 1764
15. A First Look at the Strait of Magellan: January-August 1765
16. The End of the Malouines Venture: September 1765-October 1766

PART 4: SAILING AROUND THE WORLD
17. Final Prepartions for a CIrcummnavigation: October-November 1766
18. A False Start: November 1766
19. Back to the Malouines: December 1766
20. Meeting the Etoile at Rio: June-July 1767
21. Farewell to Montevideo: 1 August-14 November 1767
22. Through the Strait of Magellan: November 1767-January 1768
23. Across the Pacific from East to West: January-June 1768
24. From New Guinea to Mauritius: June-November 1768
25. From Mauritius to France: December 1768-March 1769

PART 5: WAR AND REVOLUTION
26. Back in France: March 1769-December 1771
27. Plans and Setbacks: Late 1771-4
28. Back to Sea and Back to War: 1775-9
29. A Marriage and a Return to the Sea: September 1780-August 1782
30. A Court Martial and a Slow Return to Favour: September 1782-late 1788
31. Paris, Normandy, Paris: 1789-96
32. Apotheosis: 1797-1811

Appendix: Bougainville Commemorated
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

MAPS

France
French Canada and New England
South America
Bougainville's voyage across the Pacific
The east coast of North America
The West Indies

About the Author

John Dunmore retired as Professor of French at Massey University in 1983 after a distinguished academic career. A world authority on French navigation in the Pacific, he has written more than 20 books on the subject, one of which, The Fateful Voyage of the St Jean-Baptiste, was the Wattie Book of the Year in 1970. Appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001, Professor Dunmore was also made a knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Government in 1976.