The Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1803 was a French expedition to map the coast of New Holland. It was approved by Napoléon Bonaparte and Nicolas Baudin was selected as its leader. It started with two
Géographe and Naturaliste
Sydney during visit by Baudin, c. 1802, engraving based on work by Charles Alexandre Lesueur
Memorial rock marking the place where Baudin came ashore at Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island in 1803
Frenchman's Rock, Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island
Counter-Admiral Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin was a French Navy officer and explorer. He fought in numerous naval engagements during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and conducted several
1837 lithograph of Hamelin by Antoine Maurin
The action of 18 September 1810, where Hamelin was captured
Hamelin's name on the Arc de Triomphe, north pillar