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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.
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A number of controversies arose with the publication of the volumes and maps. Included in these was the almost complete elimination of any reference to Baudin and, it seems at PĂ©ron's behest, the application of French names to many geographic features and coasts already explored and named by other
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in 1811. It is referred to as a 'full' map of Australia, as the term ‘complete’ map is not strictly correct in relation to both the Freycinet and the Flinders maps. Both have numerous small gaps where inlets were missed or it was too dangerous to undertake close surveying.
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de Freycinet, Louis, 1811a 'Carte Générale de la Nouvelle Hollande, dressee par M. L. Freycinet, Comandant la Goelette le Casuarina, an 1808', Imprime par Langlois, Paris. (National Library of Australia: Map RaA1. Plate 1, Part 5.
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on 13 January 1802. The whole length of Tasmania's east coast was charted and there were extensive interactions with the Tasmanians. The expedition then began surveying the south coast of Australia but then Captain
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and eminent members of the Institut National des Sciences et Arts on 25 March 1800. The explicit purpose of the voyage was to be ‘observation and research relating to Geography and Natural History.’
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To mark the bicentenary of the publication of the Freycinet Map, on 16 June 2011, Henry de Freycinet, the last male descendant of the de Freycinets, presented Her Excellency Ms
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Fornasiero, Jean, Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John 2006 'Hydrographic reputations: Matthew Flinders, Nicolas Baudin and Australia's unknown coast',
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and the French Embassy held an international symposium on the Freycinet Map on 19 June 2011 at the National Library of Australia.
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The expedition departed Le Havre on 19 October 1800. Because of delays in receiving his instructions and problems encountered in
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was intended to be a voyage of discovery that would further scientific knowledge and perhaps eclipse the achievements of Captain
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PĂ©ron 1807; Petit and Lesueur 1807; de Freycinet 1811a,b; de Freycinet 1812; de Freycinet 1815; PĂ©ron and de Freycinet 1816.
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The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes GĂ©ographe and Naturaliste
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The causes of this are still being debated. See for example Fornasiero, Monteath and West-Sooby 2006.
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and Reynders, Peter 2011 'The Freycinet Map of 1811 – Is it the first complete map of Australia?'
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as he was running short of food and water, and in need of anchors. Meanwhile, Baudin in the
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Before resuming the voyage Baudin decided to purchase a 30-tonne schooner, which he named
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Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes ... (Atlas, partie navigation and geographie)
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Isdale, Les (2010). "Janszoon in Context: Cartography from Earliest Times to Flinders".
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Henry de Freycinet presenting a copy of the 1811 Freycinet Map to Governor-General Ms
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on the south west corner of the continent until early winter 1801. Upon rounding
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navigators, particularly Flinders. These were corrected in subsequent editions.
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The Freycinet Map of 1811 – The first full map of Australia to be published
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to be published which shows the full outline of Australia. It was drawn by
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Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes ... (Atlas historique) - Part 1
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Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes ... (Navigation and geographie)
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Voyage de dĂ©couvertes aux terres australes ... (Atlas historique) – Part 2
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Publication of the volumes giving the official account of the expedition,
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on 13 November 1801, across the Great Australian Bight and reached
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Petit, Nicolas-Martin & Lesueur, Charles-Alexandre, 1807.
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Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes ... (Historique)
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The French reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801-1803
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Among those joining the Baudin expedition's ships, the
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The Freycinet map was published in the second part of
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Index

Australia
Louis de Freycinet
Baudin expedition to Australia
Matthew Flinders
Baudin expedition to Australia
James Cook
Napoléon Bonaparte
New Holland
Nicolas Baudin

GĂ©ographe
Naturaliste
Casuarina
François Péron
Isle de France
Mauritius
Cape Leeuwin
Cape Naturaliste
Geographe Bay
Timor
Tasmania
Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin
Port Jackson
Matthew Flinders
Encounter Bay
Kangaroo Island
Nuyts Archipelago
't Gulden Zeepaert
Louis de Freycinet
Bass Strait

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