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Synthèse des analyses issues des 670 toponymes des expéditions d’Entrecasteaux et Baudin.
Six axes clés : contexte révolutionnaire, héritage des voyages français, bascule vers les sciences exactes, écho des arts et des lettres, rôle des administrations et des armées, empreinte napoléonienne et postérité des nomenclatures.
Explorers and scientists from the d'Entrecasteaux and Baudin expeditions
Biographical summaries of the main figures from the two major French expeditions that charted and named numerous locations along the Australian coastline.
Presentation of charts produced by the d'Entrecasteaux and Baudin expeditions.
Reports from exploration missions: authentic texts, illustrated.
Discover the illustrations and documents from the major French expeditions exploring the Australian coastline.
The ships of the d'Entrecasteaux and Baudin expeditions
La Recherche and L’Espérance (d’Entrecasteaux), Le Géographe, Le Naturaliste and Le Casuarina (Baudin).
French institutions, political regimes, wars, former country appellations and former scientific expeditions
This glossary explains key historical, political and scientific terms mentioned in the project French Names Along the Australian Coastline.