Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1810, Bouvet ya sami ci gaba a hukumance zuwa Kyaftin, kuma an nada shi Knight na Legion of Honour. Ya shirya tafiya zuwa Batavia don gudanar da wani yaƙin neman zaɓe a Tekun Indiya, amma Biritaniya ta dakatar da shirinsa
Mamayewar Java. Bayan shekara guda, a ranar 6 ga Disamba, 1811, an nada shi ya zama kwamandan jirgin ruwa mai suna "Clorinde", wanda ya shiga ranar 5 ga Janairu, 1812. Ya yi watsi da wannan umurnin a ranar 7 ga Oktoba don canja wurin zuwa jirgin ruwa mai suna "Aréthuse" kuma ya jagoranci rundunar jirgin ruwa mai suna "Rubis", a karkashin Kwamandan Louis-François Ollivier.