• Title
  [Medal commemorating the voyages of discovery commanded by Captain Baudin, France, 1800 / Pierre Montagny]
• Creator
  Pierre Antoine Montagny
• Call number
  R 942
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1800
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  431358
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 medal, bronze gilt, circular shaped, with evidence of wear on outer edges. - Diam. 3.8 cm.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Related Material
  Medal commemorating the voyages of discovery commanded by Captain Baudin, France, 1800 / Pierre Montagny (846155)
• General note
  
  This medal commemorates the French expedition of the corvettes "Geographe" and "Naturaliste" commanded by Captain Nicolas Baudin to Australia and the Pacific during 1800-1804. This voyage of Baudin produced some significant charting of the Australian coast and intersected with that of Matthew Flinders.
  
  There are several references to the existence of such medals on the expedition. For instance, an English captain went aboard the "Geographe" when it was anchored off the coast of Le Havre. Baudin documented the visit in his journal noting, "upon his departure, I begged him to accept a medal struck to commemorate the voyage, he did with pleasure, and then we parted". See Peter Lane, "The Baudin Medals of King George Sound, Western Australia", Journal of Numismatic Australia Vol. 8, 1995, pp. 21-29.
  
  The artist could be the French engraver Jean-Pierre Montagny (1789-1862).
  Digital order no:Album ID : 843815
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  On obverse of medal:
  "Bonaparte Premier Consul De La Rep. France / [uniformed bust of Napoleon Bonaparte in profile facing left] / Expedition De / Decouvertes / AN. 9" [i.e. Bonaparte First Consul of the Republic of France, voyage of discovery, year 9 of the Republic]
  
  On reverse of medal:
  "Les Corvettes / Le Geographe et / Le Naturaliste, / Commandees par / Le Capitaine / Baudin" [i.e. The corvettes Geography and Naturaliste commanded by Captain Baudin]
• Name
  Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803
  Geographe (Ship)
  Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
  Naturaliste (Ship)
  
• Topic
  medals
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage - State Library of New South Wales
  Celebrating Freycinet - State Library of New South Wales (May, 2011 - June, 2011)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1130577

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