Person
Freycinet, Louis-Claude Desaulses de (1779 - 1842)
- Born
- 8 August 1779
Montélimar, Drôme, France - Died
- 18 August 1842
- Occupation
- Earth scientist and Surveyor
Summary
Louis-Claude de Freycinet was part of the expedition sent to complete the French cartographic survey of Australia and conduct other scientific investigations 1800-1804. He sailed aboard "Le Naturaliste". In 1817 he sailed with Duperrey to study terrestrial magnetism.
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Sibling
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Louis-Claude Desaulses De Freycinet - Records, 1817 - 1820, B1282-96; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Louis-Claude Desaulses De Freycinet - Records, 1800 - 1816, Box 165/8; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Marchant, Leslie R.; Reynolds, J. H., 'Freycinet, Louis-Claude Desaules De (1779-1842)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 1 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 71-73. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010544b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Bréelle, Dany, 'The hydrographic work of the engineer-geographers of the Baudin expedition and the rise of Louis Freycinet as the cartographer of the voyage', The great circle, 39 (2) (2017), 86-119. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26381274. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q520189. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/41937590. Details
- 'Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de (17790807-18420818)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-779052. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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