Bougainville
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People

  • Louis Antoine de Bougainville
    Louis Antoine de Bougainville
    Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of James Cook, he took part in the French and Indian War and the unsuccessful French attempt to defend Canada from Britain...

     (1729–1811), French navigator, explorer and military commander
  • Hyacinthe de Bougainville
    Hyacinthe de Bougainville
    Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, baron de Bougainville was a French naval officer. He was the son of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville...

     (1781-1846), French naval officer and son of Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Places

  • Autonomous Region of Bougainville, also known as North Solomons, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea
  • Bougainville Island
    Bougainville Island
    Bougainville Island is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. This region is also known as Bougainville Province or the North Solomons. The population of the province is 175,160 , which includes the adjacent island of Buka and assorted outlying islands...

    , a part of Papua New Guinea and the largest island of the Solomon Islands group
  • Bougainville, Somme
    Bougainville, Somme
    Bougainville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Bougainville is situated on the D141 road, some west of Amiens.-Population:-External links:* * *...

    , a commune in Somme département, France
  • Bougainville Strait
    Bougainville Strait
    Bougainville Strait separates Choiseul Island from Bougainville Island, the next to the northward. It was first passed through in 1768 by Louis Antoine de Bougainville, who christened it. A Lieutenant John Shortland of the Royal Navy sailed through it in 1788, giving the name of Treasury Islands...

    , a strait which separates Choiseul Island (Solomon Islands) from Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)
  • Isla Bougainville, the Spanish name for Lively Island
    Lively Island
    Lively Island is the largest of the Lively Island Group of the Falkland Islands, The island group lies east of East Falkland. Lively Island is the largest rat-free island in the Falklands, hence its importance to birdlife...

     in the Falkland Islands

History

  • Bougainville Campaign, a World War II military campaign fought from 1943 to 1945 between the Allies and Japan that occurred on and around Bougainville Island

Ships

  • French ship Bougainville
    French ship Bougainville
    Thirteen ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Louis Antoine de Bougainville:* A privateer captured by on 14 February 1800, but the prize sank following a collision the next day.* A privateer captured by the frigate in June 1801...

    , various French ships named in honour of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
  • USS Bougainville (CVE-100)
    USS Bougainville (CVE-100)
    USS Bougainville was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy, built and used during World War II. She was launched on 16 May 1944 by the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Sally A. Montfort, wife of Captain...

    , later CVU-100, a United States Navy Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier in commission from 1944 to 1946

Literature and film

  • Bougainville – Our Island Our Fight
    Bougainville – Our Island Our Fight
    Bougainville – Our Island Our Fight is a 1998 documentary film. It was produced and directed by Wayne Coles-Janess.The film focuses on an indigenous people who fight against a multinational mining company and government forces. The guerrillas hold the belief that they are fighting to defend their...

    , a documentary film directed by Wayne Coles-Janess
  • Bougainville (novel)
    Bougainville (novel)
    Bougainville: Een gedenkschrift is a novel by Dutch author F. Springer. Published in 1981, it won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 1982. The novel is one of the author's most popular and was Springer's first big literary success...

    , a 1981 novel by Dutch author F. Springer
  • An Evergreen Island, a 2000 Frontyard Films
    Frontyard Films
    Frontyard Films is the film production company of Australian documentary filmmakers Amanda 'Mandy' King and Fabio Cavadini, who have been making films together for more than 20 years...

    documentary by Amanda King and Fabio Cavadini
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