Louis Tromelin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Tromelin

French sailor

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1786

Place of Birth: Gourin, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 15-May-1867

Profession: naval officer, explorer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Louis-François-Marie-Nicolas Le Goarant de Tromelin (January 11, 1786 in Morbihan, Gavrin – 1867), was a nineteenth-century French Naval admiral, sent to the Pacific Ocean on political and military missions, and credited with the discovery of Phoenix Island (Rawaki) in the Phoenix group and Fais Island in the Carolines.