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Géographe and Casuarina arrive at Ile de France 7 August 1803 - 16 December 1803

Baudin plans to stay on at Ile de France until December. He boards with a genteel widow Madame Kerivel who has become a friend. The cargo of live animals and plants recuperate in the widow’s country garden. Despite his determined optimism, Baudin dies on 16 September. Few of his crew mourn his passing.

Peron

  • Red fody—Foudia madagascariensis
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79020

  • Entrance to Port-Louis
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—15020-1

  • View of Port Louis harbour, Ile de France
    Artist Jacques Milbert
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—150520-1

  • Sea star (unidentified)
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’historie naturelle, Le Havre—74007

  • Silver hatchetfish—Argyropelecus olfersi
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76152

  • Starry pufferfish—Arothron aerostaticus
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76278