Louis de Freycinet

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Louis de Freycinet

This entry should not to be confused with Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet
Charles de Freycinet

Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman and President of the Council during the Third Republic , part of the Opportunist Republicans faction....
(1828–1923), a French Prime Minister.

For the national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
in Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
named after Louis de Freycinet, see Freycinet National Park
Freycinet National Park

Freycinet is a national park on the east coast of Tasmania , 125 km northeast of Hobart, Australia. It occupies a large part of the Freycinet Peninsula, which was named after French navigator Louis de Freycinet and Schouten Island....
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Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (August 7 1779–August 18 1842) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
navigator.

as born at Montélimar
Montélimar

Mont?limar is a commune in France in the Dr?me Departments of France in southeastern France. It is the second largest town in the department after Valence, Dr?me....
, Drôme
Drôme

Dr?me is a Departments of France in southeastern France named after the Dr?me River....
. In 1793, he entered the French navy. After taking part in several engagements against the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, he joined in 1800, along with his brother (Louis Henri de Freycinet (1777–1840), who afterwards rose to the rank of admiral), an expedition to explore the south and south-west coasts of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
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This entry should not to be confused with Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet
Charles de Freycinet

Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman and President of the Council during the Third Republic , part of the Opportunist Republicans faction....
(1828–1923), a French Prime Minister.
For the national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
in Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
named after Louis de Freycinet, see Freycinet National Park
Freycinet National Park

Freycinet is a national park on the east coast of Tasmania , 125 km northeast of Hobart, Australia. It occupies a large part of the Freycinet Peninsula, which was named after French navigator Louis de Freycinet and Schouten Island....
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Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (August 7 1779–August 18 1842) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
navigator.

Biography
He was born at Montélimar
Montélimar

Mont?limar is a commune in France in the Dr?me Departments of France in southeastern France. It is the second largest town in the department after Valence, Dr?me....
, Drôme
Drôme

Dr?me is a Departments of France in southeastern France named after the Dr?me River....
. In 1793, he entered the French navy. After taking part in several engagements against the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, he joined in 1800, along with his brother (Louis Henri de Freycinet (1777–1840), who afterwards rose to the rank of admiral), an expedition to explore the south and south-west coasts of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It set out under Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas-Thomas Baudin was a France explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.Baudin was born in Saint-Martin-de-R? on the Ile de R?....
in the ships Naturaliste
French corvette Naturaliste

The Naturaliste was a Salamandre class corvette corvette of the French Navy.She was launched as Mena?ante. She was renamed to Naturaliste and under Jacques F?lix Emmanuel Hamelin, she took part in the Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1802 of Nicolas Baudin....
and Géographe
French corvette Géographe

The G?ographe was a 20-gun Serpente class corvette corvette of the French Navy.She was named Uranie in 1797, and renamed Galat?e in 1799, still on her building site, as her builder refused to launched her, as he had not been paid....
. Much of the ground already gone over by Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders

Captain Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy was one of the most successful navigators and cartography of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent....
was revisited, and new names imposed by this expedition, which claimed credit for discoveries really made by the English navigator.

An inlet on the coast of Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
is called Freycinet Estuary. Cape Freycinet
Cape Freycinet

Cape FreycinetLocation: 34?05' S. 114?59' E.Is a point on the coast between Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste in the south west of Western Australia....
between Cape Leeuwin
Cape Leeuwin

Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australia , in the state of Western Australia.A few small islands and rocks, the Saint Alouarn Islands, extend further to the south....
and Cape Naturaliste
Cape Naturaliste

Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of Western Australia at the western edge of the Geographe Bay. It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge which was named after the cape....
and the Freycinet Peninsula
Freycinet Peninsula

File:Wineglass bay.JPGFreycinet Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Tasmania, Australia. It is located north of Schouten Island, at and encompasses area of Freycinet National Park....
with Freycinet National Park
Freycinet National Park

Freycinet is a national park on the east coast of Tasmania , 125 km northeast of Hobart, Australia. It occupies a large part of the Freycinet Peninsula, which was named after French navigator Louis de Freycinet and Schouten Island....
in Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
also bear the explorer's name.

In 1805, he returned to Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, and was entrusted by the government with the work of preparing the maps and plans of the expedition. He also completed the narrative, and the whole work appeared under the title of Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes (Paris, 1807–1816).

In 1817, he commanded the Uranie, in which Louis Isidore Duperrey
Louis Isidore Duperrey

Louis Isidore Duperrey was a France sailor and explorer.Duperrey joined the navy in 1802, and served as marine hydrologist to Louis de Freycinet aboard the Uranie ....
, Jacques Arago
Jacques Arago

Jacques Etienne Victor Arago, was a French litt?rateur, artist and explorer, author of a "Voyage Round the World".Jacques was born in Estagel, Pyr?n?es-Orientales....
, Adrien Taunay the Younger
Adrien Taunay the Younger

Adrien Taunay the Younger was a French painter and draftsman.He was born in Paris in 1803, the son of history and Genre works Nicolas-Antoine Taunay ....
and others went to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
, to take a series of pendulum measurements as well as a larger scheme for obtaining observations, not only in geography
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
and ethnology
Ethnology

Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnicity, Race , and/or national divisions of humanity....
, but in astronomy
Astronomy

Astronomy is the science of Astronomical object and Phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere . It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the physical cosmology....
, terrestrial magnetism, and meteorology
Meteorology

Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting . Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the eighteenth century....
, and for the collection of specimens in natural history.

For three years, Freycinet cruised about, visiting Australia, the Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands

The Mariana Islands are an archipelago made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the north-western Pacific Ocean between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east....
, Sandwich
Sandwich Islands

The Sandwich Islands was the name given to the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook on his discovery of the islands on January 18, 1778. The name was made in honour of one of his sponsors, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was at the time the First Lord of the Admiralty and Cook's superior officer....
, and other Pacific islands, South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, and other places, and, notwithstanding the loss of the Uranie on the Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located from the coast of Argentina, west of the Shag Rocks , and north of the British Antarctic Territory ....
during the return voyage, returned to France with fine collections in all departments of natural history, and with voluminous notes and drawings which form an important contribution to a knowledge of the countries visited.

The results of this voyage were published under Freycinet's supervision, with the title of Voyage autour du monde sur les corvettes Uranie et la Physicienne en 1824–1844, in 13 quarto volumes and 4 folio volumes of fine plates and maps.

Freycinet was admitted into the French Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences

The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV of France at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French people Scientific method....
in 1825, and was one of the founders of the Paris Geographical Society. He died at Freycinet
Freycinet

Freycinet is the name of the followingpersons:*Charles de Freycinet , a former French prime minister*Louis de Freycinet , a French navigator...
, Drôme
Drôme

Dr?me is a Departments of France in southeastern France named after the Dr?me River....
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