Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 20 o Tihema 1810, i whakatairangahia a Bouvet ki te Kapene, a ka tohua hei Knight o te Legion of Honour. I whakamahere ia i tetahi haerenga ki Batavia ki te whakahaere i tetahi atu pakanga i te Moana Inia, engari ko ana mahere i whakahekehia e nga Ingarihi
Te whakaekenga o Hawa. I muri i te tau kotahi, i te 6 o Tihema 1811, i tohua ia hei rangatira mo te frigate "Clorinde", i eke ia i te 5 o Hanuere 1812. I whakarerea e ia tenei whakahau i te Oketopa 7 ki te whakawhiti ki te frigate "Aréthuse" me te arahi i tetahi roopu frigate kei roto hoki i te "Rubis", i raro i te Kaiwhakahaere Louis-François Ollivier.