The Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1803 was a French expedition to map the coast of
New Holland (now
Australia
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).
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 ...
was selected as leader in October 1800. The expedition started with two ships, ''
Géographe'', captained by Baudin, and ''
Naturaliste
''Naturaliste'' is the fifth studio album by the Australian indie pop trio, the Lucksmiths, which was released on 10 March 2003 via Candle Records (catalogue number LUCKY16). The band members Marty Donald on guitar, backing vocals and glockens ...
'' captained by
Jacques Hamelin
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
, and was accompanied by nine zoologists and botanists, including
Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour
Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a French botanist and ornithologist.
Born at the family seat (since 1718), Le Villard, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Leschenault de la Tour arrived in ...
,
François Péron
François Auguste Péron (22 August 1775 – 14 December 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer.
Life
Péron was born in Cérilly, Allier, in 1775, the son of a tailor (not a harness maker as is frequently asserted). Although intended for ...
and
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur as well as the geographer
Pierre Faure.
Expedition
Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
, as First Consul, formally approved the expedition "to the coasts of New Holland", after receiving a delegation consisting of Baudin and eminent members of th
Institut National des Sciences et Artson 25 March 1800. The explicit purpose of the voyage was to be "observation and research relating to Geography and Natural History."
The Baudin expedition departed
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...
,
France
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, on 19 October 1800. Because of delays in receiving his instructions and problems encountered in
Isle de France (now
Mauritius
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) they did not reach
Cape Leeuwin
Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly (but not most southerly) mainland point of the Australian continent, in the state of Western Australia.
Description
A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further in Flinders Ba ...
on the south-west corner of the continent until May 1801. Upon rounding
Cape Naturaliste
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 after the cape. Also the Leeuwin-Naturaliste ...
, they entered
Geographe Bay
Geographe Bay is in the south-west of Western Australia around 220 km southwest of Perth.
The bay was named in May 1801 by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, after his ship, ''Géographe''. The bay is a wide curve of coastline extending from ...
. During their exploration here they lost a longboat and a sailor, Assistant Helmsman Timothée Vasse. They then sailed north, but the ships became separated and did not meet again until they reached
Timor
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...
. On their journeys ''Géographe'' and ''Naturaliste'' surveyed large stretches of the north-western coast. The expedition was severely affected by dysentery and fever, but sailed from Timor on 13 November 1801, back down the north-west and west coast, then across the
Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight is a large oceanic bight, or open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia.
Extent
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, reaching
Tasmania
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on 13 January 1802. They charted the whole length of Tasmania's east coast and there were extensive interactions with the Indigenous Tasmanians, with whom they had peaceful relationships. They notably produced precious ethnological studies of Indigenous Tasmanians.
The expedition then began surveying the south coast of Australia, but then Captain
Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin
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in ''Naturaliste'' decided to make for
Port Jackson
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea (p ...
(Sydney) as he was running short of food and water, and in need of anchors. En route, in April 1802, Hamelin explored the area of
Western Port
Western Port, (Boonwurrung: ''Warn Marin'') commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it is do ...
, Victoria, and gave names to places, a number of which have survived, for example, ''Ile des Français'' is now called
French Island.
Meanwhile, Baudin in ''Géographe'' continued westward, and in April 1802 encountered the
British
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** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
ship ''
Investigator
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* Inspector, a police rank ...
'' commanded by
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...
, also engaged in charting the coastline, at
Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south central coast about south of the state capital of Adelaide. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his encounter on 8 April 1802 with Nicolas Baud ...
in what is now
South Australia
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. Flinders informed Baudin of his discovery of
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...
, St. Vincent's and Spencer's Gulfs. Baudin sailed on to the
Nuyts Archipelago
The Nuyts Archipelago is an island group located in South Australia in the Great Australian Bight to the south of the town of Ceduna, South Australia, Ceduna on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It consisting of mostly granite, grani ...
, the point reached by the Dutch ship ''
't Gulden Zeepaert
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'' in 1627, before heading for Port Jackson as well for supplies.
In late 1802 the expedition was at
Port Jackson
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman Sea (p ...
, where the government sold 60 casks of flour and 25 casks of salt meat to Baudin to resupply his two vessels. The supplies permitted ''Naturaliste'' to return to France and ''Géographe'' to continue her explorations of the Australian coast. The expedition reported on the defences of the town and the disaffection of Irish convicts.
''Naturaliste'' took with her the Colony's staff surgeon, Mr. James Thomson, whom Governor
Philip Gidley King
Captain Philip Gidley King (23 April 1758 – 3 September 1808) was a British politician who was the third Governor of New South Wales.
When the First Fleet arrived in January 1788, King was detailed to colonise Norfolk Island for defence an ...
had given permission to return to England.
Before resuming the voyage Baudin purchased a 30
ton
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Mainly it describes units of weight. Confusion can arise because ''ton'' can mean
* the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds
...
schooner, which he named the , a smaller vessel which could conduct close inshore survey work. He sent 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
Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French Navy officer. He circumnavigated the earth, and in 1811 published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia.
Biography
He was born at ...
, 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 and conducted further charting of Bass Strait before sailing west, following the west coast northward, and after another visit to Timor, undertook further exploration along the north coast of Australia. Plagued by contrary winds, ill health, and because 'the quadrupeds and emus were very sick', it was decided on 7 July 1803 to return to France. On the return voyage, the ships stopped in
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
, where Baudin died of
tuberculosis
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on 16 September 1803. The expedition finally reached France on 24 March 1804.
The scientific expedition was considered a great success, with more than 2500 new species discovered.
Outcomes
An inscription on a rock was left by members of ''Géographe'' on
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwest ...
in 1803, which reads, "", i.e. "Expedition of discovery by Captain Baudin in the ''Géographe'', 1803". To protect it from erosion, the original rock is now housed at the Gateway Visitor Information Centre on Howard Drive,
Penneshaw
Penneshaw is a township in the Australian state of South Australia located on the northeast coast of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island about south of the state capital of Adelaide. It is the island's main ferry port with regular services ...
, and a fine replica is on open view on the Penneshaw foreshore, beneath a concrete dome which has been a local landmark since 1906.
Many Western Australian places still have French names today from Baudin's expedition: for example,
Peron Peninsula
Peron Peninsula is a long narrow peninsula located in the Shark Bay World Heritage site in Western Australia, at about 25°51' S longitude and 113°30' E latitude. It is some long, running north-northwesterly, located east of Henri Freycine ...
,
Depuch Island
Depuch Island (or Warmalana) is a volcanic island located off the north-west coast of Western Australia's Pilbara region, near Port Hedland.
Aboriginal significance
The island is of cultural importance to the Ngaluma Aboriginal people, who kno ...
, Cape Levillain,
Boullanger Island
Boullanger Island () lies off the coast of Western Australia and covers an area of about . The nearest settlement is the mainland town of Jurien Bay.
The island is part of the Jurien Bay Marine Park which was declared in August 2003 – the ...
and
Faure Island
Faure Island is a 58 km2 island pastoral lease and nature reserve, east of the Francois Peron National Park on the Peron Peninsula, in Shark Bay, Western Australia. It lies in line with the Monkey Mia resort to the west, and the Wooram ...
; and the Australian plant genus ''
Guichenotia
''Guichenotia'' is a genus of about 16 species of flowering plants that are endemic to the south west of Western Australia.
The genus was first formally described in 1821 by Jaques Étienne Gay in '' Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle''. ...
'' honours the name of
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 ...
.
According to researchers from the
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...
, during this expedition Baudin prepared a report for
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
on ways to invade and capture the British colony at
Sydney Cove
Sydney Cove (Eora: ) is a bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, one of several harbours in Port Jackson, on the coast of Sydney, New South Wales. Sydney Cove is a focal point for community celebrations, due to its central Sydney locatio ...
.
[Jean Fornasiero and John West-Sooby (transl. and eds.), ''French Designs on Colonial New South Wales: François Péron’s Memoir on the English Settlements in New Holland, Van Diemen’s Land and the Archipelagos of the Great Pacific Ocean,']
The Friends of the State Library of South Australia Inc.
Adelaide, 2014.
The Baudin expedition was intended to be a voyage of discovery that would further scientific knowledge and perhaps eclipse the achievements of Captain
James Cook
James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...
.
Crew
Among those joining the Baudin expedition were Sub-lieutenants Louis-Claude (Louis) de Saulses de Freycinet and his older brother Henri-Louis (Henri). Louis did not initially sail as a 'geographer'. Both were eventually promoted to Lieutenant, and Louis was later given command of the schooner , purchased in Sydney to enable improved inshore surveying. Another member of the expedition, someone who was ultimately to have a highly significant influence on its outcomes, was the 25-year-old assistant zoologist
François Péron
François Auguste Péron (22 August 1775 – 14 December 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer.
Life
Péron was born in Cérilly, Allier, in 1775, the son of a tailor (not a harness maker as is frequently asserted). Although intended for ...
.
Officers and sailors
Captains
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:
Nicolas Thomas Baudin
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(1754–1803) (''Géographe'') and
Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin
Baron Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin (13 October 1768 – 23 April 1839) was a rear admiral of the French navy and later a Baron. He commanded numerous naval expeditions and battles with the Royal Navy as well as exploratory voyages in the Indi ...
(1768–1839) (''Naturaliste'').
Surgeon-Physician and
naturalist:
Pierre François Keraudren
Pierre François Keraudren (15 May 1769 - 16 August 1858) was a scientist and physician in the French Navy. He was a native of Brest.
Biography
From 1813 to 1845 he served as Inspector General to the Health Department of the Navy. Keraudren wa ...
(1769–1858) (Le Géographe)(Preparations not on board)
Sub-lieutenants
Louis de Freycinet
Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French Navy officer. He circumnavigated the earth, and in 1811 published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia.
Biography
He was born at ...
and, his older brother, Henri-Louis de Freycinet
Sailor
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The profession of the s ...
s:
Hyacinthe de Bougainville
Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, baron de Bougainville (26 December 1781 – 18 October 1846) was a French naval officer. He was the son of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville.Randier, p.292 He became Rear-Admiral on 1 May 1838.
Career
As a youn ...
,
midshipman
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second-class, and
François-Antoine Boniface Heirisson,
midshipman
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;
Charles Baudin
Charles Baudin (21 July 1784 – 7 June 1854), was a French admiral, whose naval service extended from the First Empire through the early days of the Second Empire.
Biography
From 1800, Baudin served as a midshipman on ''Géographe'' and took ...
, midshipman.
Jacques-Philippe Mérigon de Montgéry was a 2nd class midshipman aboard ''Géographe'' and landed sick at Île-de-France on 25 April 1801.
Scientists and artists
A total of 24 various scientists and artists including five gardeners accompanied Baudin on the expedition. It was an unprecedented number to be assembled for a voyage at the time. However, after only six months at sea, and before reaching Australia, ten of the group were disembarked at Mauritius mainly due to illness. Subsequently, five others died. In fact, only six of the original group of scientists and artists would complete the journey home.
Publications
![1811 Freycinet Map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/1811_Freycinet_Map.jpg)
*
François Péron
François Auguste Péron (22 August 1775 – 14 December 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer.
Life
Péron was born in Cérilly, Allier, in 1775, the son of a tailor (not a harness maker as is frequently asserted). Although intended for ...
, ''Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes'' ('Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands', three volumes, Paris, 1807–1816); this work included the
Freycinet Map of 1811 The Freycinet Map of 1811 is the first map of Australia to be published which shows the full outline of Australia. It was drawn by Louis de Freycinet and was an outcome of the Baudin expedition to Australia. It preceded the publication of Matthew Fl ...
, the first published map showing the full outline of Australia
*
Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
Louis Pierre Vieillot (10 May 1748, Yvetot – 24 August 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen) was a French ornithologist.
Vieillot is the author of the first scientific descriptions and Linnaean names of a number of birds, including species he collecte ...
, ''Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle'' ('New Dictionary of Natural History', 1816–1819): new bird species described
Collections
Over 200,000 specimens from the expedition were deposited in
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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(zoology) and
Jardin des Plantes (botany). Live plants, animals and birds were also sent to
Empress Josephine Bonaparte's gardens at
Château de Malmaison
The Château de Malmaison () is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about west of the centre of Paris, in the commune of Rueil-Malmaison.
Formerly the residence of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, along with the Tuileri ...
.
See also
*
European exploration of Australia
The European exploration of Australia first began in February 1606, when Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed in Cape York Peninsula and on October that year when Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres sailed through, and navigated, Torres Strai ...
*
Freycinet Map of 1811 The Freycinet Map of 1811 is the first map of Australia to be published which shows the full outline of Australia. It was drawn by Louis de Freycinet and was an outcome of the Baudin expedition to Australia. It preceded the publication of Matthew Fl ...
*
History of Australia (1788–1850)
The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history. This started with the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson on the lands of the Eora, and the establishme ...
References
Further reading
* François Péron, ''Voyage de découverte aux terres Australes'' (3 volumes, Paris, 1807–1816
* François Péron, ''A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere: Performed by Order of the Emperor Napoleon, During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804,'' London, Richard Phillips, 1809
* Christine Cornell (ed. & transl.), ''The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin,'' Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1974.
*
Edward Duyker
Edward Duyker (born 21 March 1955) is an Australian historian, biographer and author born in Melbourne.
Edward Duyker's books include several ethno-histories – ''Tribal Guerrillas'' (1987), ''The Dutch in Australia'' (1987) and ''Of the Star ...
, François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, pp. 349, .
*Horner, F. ''The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia'' 1801–1803, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 .
* Jack Horner, "Extracting the truth about Baudin. -and his expedition to Australia, 1800-1804", ''Canberra Historical Journal,'' no.21, Mar 1988, pp. 42–44.
*Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748–1831),'' Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle (1816–1819)''
* Jacqueline Bonnemains, Elliott Forsyth, Bernard Smith, ''Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804,'' New York, Oxford U. Pr. with Australian Acad. of Sci., 1988.
* Madeleine Ly-Tio-Fane et Jacqueline Bonnemains, '' Le Géographe et Le Naturaliste à L’Ile-de-France 1801, 1803, Ultime Escale du Captaine Baudin: Deuxième Partie, Le Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres australes'', Port Louis
auritius MSM Limited, 2003.
* Steve Reynolds, ''Nicolas Baudin's Scientific Expedition to the Terres Australes'', ''Marine Life Society of South Australia Journal,'' no.12, December 2001
* Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. ''Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders'', Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2004. {{ISBN, 1-86254-625-8
* Jean Fornasiero and John West-Sooby, "Baudin's Books", ''Australian Journal of French Studies,'' Vol.39, Issue 2, May 2002, pp. 215–249.
* Jean Fornasiero, Peter Monteath and John West-Sooby, "Old quarrels and new approaches: Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders", ''South Australian Geographical Journal,'' v.106, 2007, pp. (1)-15.
* Jean Fornasiero, 'Deux observateurs del'homme aux Antipodes: Nicolas Baudin et François Péron', in ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
* John West-Sooby, "Le "Sourire Grinçant" du Capitaine Baudin", ''Australian Journal of French Studies,'' Vol. 41, Issue 2, May 2004, pp. 79–97.
* Jane Southwood and Donald Simpson, "Baudin's Doctors: French Medical Scientists in Australian Waters, 1801-1803", ''Australian Journal of French Studies,'' Vol. 41, Issue 2, May 2004, pp. 152–164.
* J. P. Faivre, "De Nouveau sur L'expedition Baudin?", ''Revue Francaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer,'' Vol. 52, Issue 187, 1965, pp. 286–290.
* Robert J. King, "Jorgen Jorgensen and the Baudin Expedition", ''The Great Circle,'' Vol. 23, Issue 2, December 2001, pp. 44–52.
* Michel Jangoux, "La Premiere Relache Du 'Naturaliste' au Port Jackson (26 Avril-18 Mai 1802): le Temoignage du Capitaine Hamelin", ''Australian Journal of French Studies,'' Vol. 41, Issue 2, May 2004, pp. 126–151.
* Michel Jangoux, "Les Zoologistes et Botanistes qui Accompagnerent le Capitaine Baudin aux Terres Australes", ''Australian Journal of French Studies,'' Vol. 41, Issue 2, May 2004, pp. 55–78.
* Jangoux, Michel. ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
* Michèle BATTESTI, 'Nicolas Baudin, membre de l’état major du vice-amiral Bruix (mai/août 1799)’, in ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
* Jean Luc CHAPPEY, 'Nicolas Baudin et la Société des Observateurs de l’Homme', in ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
* Frédéric DURAND, 'Les tristes escales timoraises de Nicolas Baudin', in ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
* Claude WANQUET, 'L’île de France au début du XIXe siècle 1800, in ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
* Bernard METIVIER, 'Lamarck et les invertébrés de l'expédition de découvertes aux Terres australes', in ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
* François MOUREAU, 'Bernardin de St Pierre, Nicolas Baudin et l’île de France : une rencontre improbable', in ''Portés par l'air du temps: les voyages du Capitaine Baudin: Etudes sur le 18e siècle,'' vol.38, Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.
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