Comments on remarks made by Matthew Flinders as published in his Voyage to Terra Australis - by Louis de Freycinet, and other comments and extracts. Translated into English by Sir William Dixson

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Nicolas Thomas Baudin (1754-1803) and Louis-Claude Desaulses De Freycinet (1779-1842) worked together as cartographic surveyors and naturalists. Baudin was born on 19 February 1754 at St-Pierre-de-Ré, France. After service in the mercantile marine, he joined the navy as a cadet in 1774 and in 1786 was promoted sub-lieutenant. Freycinet was born on 7 August 1779 at Montélimar, Drôme, and joined the navy in 1793.

Owing to these achievements Baudin was selected to lead an expedition to complete the French cartographic survey of the coast of Australia and conduct other scientific investigations there. He received his instructions on 24 April 1800 and sailed on 19 October. He had two ships, Le Géographe and Le Naturaliste (Captain Hamelin); with him were a number of scientists, including the naturalist François Péron, and the cartographer-surveyor Freycinet, who sailed in Le Naturaliste.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online), http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/freycinet-louis-claude-desaulses-de-2226, viewed 12 January 2012

Includes comments on Freycinet's comments; together with other extracts by Freycinet.

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.