Joseph Bernard, marquis de Chabert was a French sailor, geographer and astronomer. He marked himself out as a chef d'escadre during French involvement in the American War of Independence and was promoted to vice admiral in 1792. He was known above all for his scientific endeavours, notably in the rectification of naval charts of America's western coast and the coasts of the Mediterranean. He entered the Académie des sciences in 1758 and the Bureau des longitudes in 1803.

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  • Joseph Bernard, marquis de Chabert was a French sailor, geographer and astronomer. He marked himself out as a chef d'escadre during French involvement in the American War of Independence and was promoted to vice admiral in 1792. He was known above all for his scientific endeavours, notably in the rectification of naval charts of America's western coast and the coasts of the Mediterranean. He entered the Académie des sciences in 1758 and the Bureau des longitudes in 1803. In 1785, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
  • Joseph Bernard, marquis de Chabert, né à Toulon le 28 février 1724 et mort le 1 décembre 1805, est un marin, géographe et astronome français. Il se signale comme chef d'escadre pendant la guerre d'Amérique et il est promu vice-amiral en 1792. Il est connu surtout pour ses travaux scientifiques, notamment pour la rectification des cartes marines des côtes orientales de l'Amérique et des côtes de la Méditerranée. Il entre en 1758 à l'Académie des sciences et en 1803 au Bureau des longitudes.
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  • Joseph Bernard, marquis de Chabert was a French sailor, geographer and astronomer. He marked himself out as a chef d'escadre during French involvement in the American War of Independence and was promoted to vice admiral in 1792. He was known above all for his scientific endeavours, notably in the rectification of naval charts of America's western coast and the coasts of the Mediterranean. He entered the Académie des sciences in 1758 and the Bureau des longitudes in 1803.
  • Joseph Bernard, marquis de Chabert, né à Toulon le 28 février 1724 et mort le 1 décembre 1805, est un marin, géographe et astronome français. Il se signale comme chef d'escadre pendant la guerre d'Amérique et il est promu vice-amiral en 1792. Il est connu surtout pour ses travaux scientifiques, notamment pour la rectification des cartes marines des côtes orientales de l'Amérique et des côtes de la Méditerranée.
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