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Géographe arrives at Kupang, Timor22 August 1801 - 13 November 1801

After a separation of three months the ships are reunited in Timor. Many seafarers succumb to scurvy at sea, then fever and dysentery over 11 weeks in port. The expedition is plagued by conflict. Baudin sends one expeditioner home after he challenges an officer to a duel, and another after he brandishes a sword at his commander.

Peron

  • Timor—Aiberta Léba, King of Solor
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—17008-2

  • Timor—View of the roadstead, the town and the fort of Kupang
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—13036

  • Timor—Malay horseman
    Artist Nicolas Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—17001-4

  • Rotti Island—Astérina, young Malay slave
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—17008-2

  • Timor—Various types of water vessels
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—17026

  • Navigation—Timor
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—17063-1

  • Semicircle angelfish—Pomacanthus semicirculatus
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76309

  • Yellow-throated hanging parrot—Loriculus pusillus
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79028

  • Palm civet—Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—80165

  • Tomb of botanist Anselme Reidlè
    From Fair Copy of Baudin’s Sea Journal-Vol.2
    Archives nationales de France—sèrie Marine 5JJ-40B