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  • Geographe & Naturaliste
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Cape Town3 January 1804 - 24 January 1804

Pierre Bernard Milius is promoted to Citizen Commander of Géographe and steers the valuable scientific haul safely to Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope. He supplements the Australian collection with African specimens including a lion, gnu and zebra and sends the naturalists to draw among the Khoikhoi people.

  • Samango monkey—Cercopithecus mitis albogularis
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—80202

  • The town and port of the Cape
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—19030

  • Native of Mozambique
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—19050-1

  • Southern Africa—Houswana woman
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—19053-1

  • Bluebottle-fish—Nomeus gronovii
    Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76181

  • Grey-headed kingfisher—Halcyon leucocephala
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79022

  • Hyena—Crocuta crocuta
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—80156