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
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'' to chart the coast of
New Holland (Australia), make scientific observations and collect natural history specimens. This was the grandest such voyage of its kind in the early nineteenth century with a team of 22
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s (scientists, artists and engineers). He was a member of a team of 5 gardeners that served on this voyage, the others being
Antoine Guichenot,
François Cagnet
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, and Merlot all under the supervision of Head Gardener
Anselme Riedlé
Anselme Riedlé (1765–1801) was gardener at the Jardin des Plantes who was invited to join the Nicolas Baudin scientific expedition (1800–1804) in the corvettes ''French corvette Géographe, Géographe'' and ''Naturaliste'' to chart the coast ...
.
Life
Little is known of his early life. He died and was buried at sea on 15 November 1801 on the leg of the voyage between Timor (visited from 21 August to 12 November 1801) and New Holland.
Collections
Collections were made in the Canary Islands; Mauritius; Australia (Western Australia). His herbarium collections are held in herbaria in Paris, the British Museum and Kew (BM, G-DC, G-DEL, H, K, L, MO, NY, P, PC).
[British Museum - Plant Collectors]
/ref> A manuscript journal he maintained for the voyage is stored in the National Library of the Natural History Museum in Paris.[
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Honours
Commemorated in the genus ''Sautiera'' Decne.[
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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
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Further reading
* Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L: 434 (1972)
* Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S: 828 (1986)
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French gardeners
French horticulturists
Year of birth unknown
1801 deaths
Burials at sea
18th-century French botanists