Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier

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Jean Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (January 14, 1705 - 1786) was a French sailor, explorer, and governor of the Mascarene Islands.

He was orphaned at the age of seven and after having been educated in Paris, he was sent to Saint Malo to study navigation. He became a lieutenant of the French East India Company in 1731. He succeeded in convincing his employer to provide him with two ships and send him on an exploration mission in the South Atlantic. With his ships Aigle and Marie he discovered on January 1, 1739 the tiny island of Bouvetøya, which is named after him. Shortly afterwards, he had to abandon the expedition because most of his crew had fallen ill and returned to the Cape of Good Hope and later to France.

Ten years after his expedition, Bouvet de Lozier was appointed governor of the Mascarene Islands twice, once from 1750 to 1752 and a second time from 1757 to 1763.de:Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier fr:Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier it:Jean Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier no:Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier sv:Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier uk:Жан-Батіст Шарль Буве де Лозьє

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