Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1802
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Nicolas Baudin was selected to lead an expedition to map the coast of Australia in October 1800. He had two ships, Le Géographe and Le Naturaliste captained by Hamelin, and was accompanied by nine zoologists and botanists, including Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.
He reached Australia in May 1801, and in April 1802 met Matthew Flinders, also engaged in charting the coastline, in Encounter Bay. Baudin then stopped at the British colony at Sydney for supplies. In Sydney he bought a new ship — Casurina — named after the wood it was made from. From there he sent home Le Naturaliste, which had on board all of the specimens that had been discovered by Baudin and his crew. He then headed for Tasmania, before continuing north to Timor.
Baudin then sailed for home, stopping at Mauritius, where he died of tuberculosis. This voyage allowed the mapping of Australia and New Guinea.
[edit] Crew
Captains: Nicolas Thomas Baudin (1754-1803) (Le Géographe) and Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin (1768-1839) (Le Naturaliste).
Doctor, dentist (first dentist in the navy (?)) and biologist: Pierre François Keraudren (1769-1858) (Le Géographe).
Naturalists: Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour (1773-1826), René Maugé de Cely, Stanislas Levillain (1774-1801), François Péron (1775-1810), Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (left expedition at Mauritius), Désiré Dumont.
Artist: Charles-Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846) assisted by Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777-1804).
Astronomers: Pierre-François Bernier (1779-1803) and Frédéric de Bissy (1768-1803).
Cartographers: Charles-Pierre Boullanger
Mineralogists: Louis Depuch, Joseph Charles Bailly
[edit] References
- François Péron, Voyage de découverte aux terres Australes (3 volumes, Paris, 1807-1816)
- Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748-1831), Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle (1816-1819)
