Cape Naturaliste
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Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of Western Australia at the western edge of the Geographe Bay. It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, which was named
Cape Naturaliste
French corvette Géographe
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Géographe was a 20-gun Serpente-class corvette of the French Navy. She was named Uranie in 1797, and renamed Galatée in 1799, still on her building site. Her builder refused to launch her, as he had n
Cape Naturaliste
…his exploration of Australia. The French were mapping the coast of New Holland. Baudin named the bay they found Geographe Bay, after his flagship, Géographe. Later, the cape was named after the expedition's second ship, Naturaliste. Cape Naturaliste has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb, with…
Géographe and Naturaliste
Model of Géographe now exhibited at the museum Ernest Cognac, in Saint-Martin-de-Ré