Nicolas Baudin - Albany, Western Australia
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S 35° 01.770 E 117° 55.271
50H E 584030 N 6123297
The bust of explorer Nicolas Baudin
Waymark Code: WMMWF5
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 11/14/2014
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Nicolas Baudin set sail from Le Havre , France in 1800 with two ships , the Geographe and the Naturaliste, complete with astronomers, botanists,zoologists and other scientists to explore the coast of Western Australia. The two ships visited King George Sound from 18 February – 1 March 1803, he surveyed Princess Royal Harbour, Oyster Harbour and the coast as far as Bald Island, to the east.
Baudin charted the West Australian coast naming hundreds of place names of which over 200 are still in use, the expedition collected over 200,000 flora and fauna spicemins of which more than 2500 were new to science
He died of tuberculosis in Mauritius on the return voyage in 1803
Baudins Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii)or Long-billed Black Cockatoo is named in his honour
He is wearing early 19th century shirt and coat and seems to be gazing seawards towards the Southern Ocean
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