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Lorient24 March 1804

Géographe drops anchor in front of the Ile de Groix, a few kilometres off the coast of Lorient in Brittany; it anchors next day in the roadstead of Lorient. From here its cargo is delivered to the Museum of Natural History in Paris and Josephine Bonaparte's estate at Malmaison.

  • Portrait of Empress Josephine
    (after artist Baron Francois Gerard) 1806-1809
    Musée des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau

  • Exterior of hothouse at Malmaison
    Artist Auguste-Siméon Garneray about 1824
    Musée des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau

  • Detail of engraving from frontispiece of Atlas historique 1807
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    South Australian Maritime Museum Collection

  • Draft map of New Holland 1799
    Cartographer unknown
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—07001

  • Interior of hothouse at Malmaison
    Artist Auguste-Siméon Garneray about 1824
    Musée des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau