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
Louis de Freycinet
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Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet was a French Navy officer. Following the 1800–1803 Baudin expedition to Australia, he published in 1811 the first map to show the full Australian coastline. He lat
Baudin expedition to Australia
…the larger Naturaliste under Hamelin back to France with all the specimens that had been collected by Baudin and his crew. As the voyage had progressed Louis de Freycinet, now a Lieutenant, had shown his talents as an officer and a hydrographer and so was given command of Casuarina. The expedition then headed for Tasmania…
Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet
Depiction of Freycinet's exploration to the Southern territories.
Baptism of Hawaiians on the Uranie in 1819