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Naturaliste arrives in France7 June 1803

The Naturaliste returns to Le Havre, having been briefly detained by the English in Portsmouth. The 33 crates of zoological specimens packed by Péron and artist Lesueur in Port Jackson are off-loaded.

  • Cap de la Hève, Le Havre
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—32054

  • Le Havre within its walls
    Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—36009

  • Le Havre—View of the port
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—36019

  • Cape petrel—Daption capense
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79047