Subject	Australia–Discovery and exploration
	Discoveries in geography
	Explorers
	Voyages and travels
	French language–Writing
Category	1. Settlement
Place Of Publication	Paris
Keywords	Natural world
Creator	Péron, François Auguste
Person	Péron, François
Current Holder	Australian National Maritime Museum
Period Of Reference	1800/1804
Date	1807
Item Number	00050329
Access Rights	Request at location
Country Of Origin	France
Language	French
Description From Source	360 x 275 x 70 mm A book titled ‘Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes, execute par ordre de Sa Majeste L’Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes LE GEOGRAPHE, LE NATURALISTE, et la Goelette LE CASUARINA, pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804: publie par decree Imperial, sous le ministere de M. de Champigny, et redige par M. F. Peron … Tome Premier’ (“Discoveries trip to the Southern Lands, executed by order of His Majesty the Emperor and King, on corvettes THE GEOGRAPHE THE NATURALISTE , and Schooner THE CASUARINA during the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 and 1804 published by decree Imperial, under the ministry of M. de Champigny, and drafted by M.F. Peron … Volume one”). This atlas forms part of the complete five volume voyage account of the Indigenous people, places and animals encountered by Nicolas Baudin’s expedition to Australia between 1801 and 1803. It provides a parallel source of information to Matthew Flinders’ surveys and publications made over the same period. After Baudin’s death, responsibility for publishing the results of the expedition fell to Louis de Freycinet and zoologist Francois Peron.
Physical Format	Books
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