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Anselme Riedlé (1765–1801) was gardener at the Jardin des Plantes who was invited to join the
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Anselme Riedlé (1765–1801) was gardener at the Jardin des Plantes who was invited to join the Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Thomas Baudin (; 17 February 1754 – 16 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific.
Biography
Early career
Born a comm ...
scientific expedition (1800–1804) in the corvettes '' Géographe'' and ''Naturaliste
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'' to chart the coast of New Holland (Australia), make scientific observations and collect natural history specimens. This was possibly the largest such voyage of its kind in the early nineteenth century, with a team of 22 savant
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s (scientists, artists and engineers). He was Head Gardener to a team of 5 gardeners that served on the voyage, the others being Antoine Sautier Antoine Sautier (died 1801) was a student gardener who was invited to join the Baudin scientific expedition (1800–1804) in the corvettes '' Géographe'' and ''Naturaliste'' to chart the coast of New Holland (Australia), make scientific observati ...
, Cagnet, Merlot (listed as 'an African'), and Antoine Guichenot
Antoine Guichenot or Guichenault (1783–1867) was "gardener's boy" on the 1801—1804 French scientific voyage to Australia under Nicolas Baudin, and the 1817 voyage under Louis de Freycinet. Very little is known about him, but the records of Baud ...
. Riedlé had accompanied Baudin on a previous expedition where Riedlé had collected plants in the West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico).British Museum Plant Collectors/ref>
Life
Riedlé was born in Irsee, Schwaben, Germany in 1765. He died in Timor on 21 October 1801 where he was collecting specimens in the region of Kupang. Baudin also died later on the same expedition.Collections
His collecting localities were Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur); Canary Islands; Mauritius; Australia (Western Australia); Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands (USA). His plant collections are held in herbaria in Paris, Geneva, the British Museum, Kew and Berlin and wood samples he collected with Guichenot are stored in Paris. Herbaria B, BM, FI, FI-W, G?, G-DC, G-DEL, H, K, L, MO, MPU, NY, P, PC, P-JU. A manuscript journal he maintained for part of the voyage is stored at the Natural History Museum in Paris.Honours
Commemorated in the names ''Riedleia'' A.P.DC. and ''Riedléja'' Hassk. Riedle Bay inMaria Island
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, Tasmania, commemorates his visit there with the Baudin expedition
The Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1803 was a French expedition to map the coast of New Holland (now Australia). Nicolas Baudin was selected as leader in October 1800. The expedition started with two ships, '' Géographe'', captained by Baudin, and ...
in 1802.Maggie Weidenhofer, M''aria Island: A Tasmanian Eden,'' Middle Park (Vic.), B. & M. Reid in association with Maria Island Walk, 2005, p.19.
See also
*List of gardener-botanist explorers of the Enlightenment
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* European and American voyages of scientific exploration
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References
Bibliography
* *Further reading
* Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L: 423, 434 (1972) * Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R: 761 (1983) {{DEFAULTSORT:Riedle, Anselme French explorers French horticulturists 1765 births 1801 deaths Botanical collectors active in Australia Explorers of Australia 18th-century French botanists 18th-century explorers