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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Entrecasteaux
Britannica 11thENTRECASTEAUX, JOSEPH-ANTOINE BRUNI D' (i739~ 1793), French navigator, was born at Aix in 1739. At the age of fifteen he entered the navy. In the war of 1778 he commanded a frigate of thirty-two guns, and by his clever seamanship was successful in convoying a ...
Vol. 9, pp. 660-660
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