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  • Geographe & Naturaliste
  • Geographe
  • Naturaliste
  • Geographe (after November 1802)

Banks Strait17 March 1802 - 27 March 1802

Rough weather sets in and Géographe is unable to put in close to shore to collect a long boat. Géographe and Naturaliste are separated in the storm. Baudin heads north to the mainland, exploring what is later named Terre Napoleon. Hamelin, Captain of Naturaliste, retrieves the long boat and sails north to Port Jackson.

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  • Frilled Venus shell—Bassina disjecta
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—72 0697

  • North coast of Terre de Diemen (detail)
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur and/or Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—16087-3

  • Jellyfish—Aequorea aequorea
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—70027

  • Violet snail—Janthina janthina
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—72069

  • Squid—Spirula spirula
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—72090

  • Shaw’s cowfish—Aracana aurita
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76708