Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Tremarec

   

Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Tremarec (1734 - March 3, 1797) was a French explorer.

In 1772 Kerguelen-Tremarec sailed to the Antarctic where he discovered the Kerguelen Islands and took possession of various territories for France. He was accompanied by the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière.

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