Resources
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.
Six instruments pour observer le ciel, mesurer le temps et étudier le magnétisme. Avec Borda, Berthoud et Pierson, découvrez les outils scientifiques de l’expédition.
Six instruments for observing the sky, measuring time and studying magnetism. Explore the expedition’s scientific tools through Borda, Berthoud and Pierson.
Une femme, un chien, deux histoires au fil des voyages : Louis Girardin au sein de l’expédition d’Entrecasteaux, et Kismy, le fidèle compagnon de Levillain à bord du Naturaliste.
A woman, a dog, two stories across the voyages: Louis Girardin with d’Entrecasteaux’s expedition, and Kismy, Levillain’s faithful companion aboard the Naturaliste.