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Description: This is the navigation and geography volume from the official account of the Baudin expedition to the southern lands, undertaken by order of Napoleon Bonaparte and led by Captain Nicolas Baudin. The third volume (Tome 3), published in 1812 under the authorship of Louis Claude de Freycinet, focuses on the hydrographic and cartographic results of the expedition.nFreycinet, then a rising naval officer and skilled cartographer, was responsible for charting many parts of the Australian coastline during the voyage. His detailed observations and methodical mapping laid the foundation for Frances hydrographic representation of Nouvelle Hollande (Australia) and surrounding regions in the early 19th century.nThe volume includes systematic sailing directions, geographical coordinates, and comparative analyses of coastlines. It complements the narrative and natural history volumes of the official Voyage de découvertes, which together represent one of the most ambitious French scientific expeditions of the Napoleonic period.nThis volume was published without a named publisher (s.n.), in line with several early releases of Baudin voyage documentation. Freycinet would later go on to lead his own circumnavigation aboard the Uranie (18171820), further advancing French maritime cartography.
First published: Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1812
Mapmaker: Freycinet, Louis Claude (1779-1841)
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Primary Category: Book/Atlas
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
This state: 1812
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