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Louis de Freycinet

January 16, 2024

For the French prime minister, see Charles de Freycinet. For other uses, see Freycinet.

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French Navy officer. He circumnavigated the earth, and in 1811 published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia.

Louis de Freycinet
Born7 August 1779 
Montélimar 
Died18 August 1841, 1842  (aged 62)
OccupationOfficer of the French Navy 
FamilyLouis Henry de Saulces de Freycinet 
DynastySaulces de Freycinet 
Rankofficer candidate (1794–), lieutenant de vaisseau (1803–), capitaine de frégate (1811–), capitaine de vaisseau (1820–) 

Biography edit

He was born at Montélimar, Drôme. Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet was his full name (many calling him Louis de Freycinet). He had three brothers, Louis-Henri de Saulces de Freycinet, André-Charles de Saulces de Freycinet and the youngest, Frédéric-Casimir de Saulces de Freycinet (father of Charles de Freycinet). Louis-Claude was the second oldest.

In 1793 he joined the French Navy as a midshipman, and took in several engagements against the British. In 1800, Freycinet was appointed to an exploration expedition to Southern and South-Western coasts of Australia under Nicolas Baudin, on Naturaliste and Géographe. Freycinet's brother, Louis-Henri de Freycinet, was also part of the expedition.

Between September 1802 and August 1803, Freycinet captained the schooner Casuarina, surveying the Australian coastline. He then transferred to Naturaliste, and returned to France in 1804.[1]

Because Matthew Flinders was being held captive by the French on Mauritius, many of his discoveries were revisited and unintendedly claimed by François Péron, and new names were given by this expedition; in 1824 it was remedied in the second edition of Voyage découvertes aux terres australes.[2] In the end, Baudin and Freycinet managed to have their map of the Australian coastline published in 1811, three years before Flinders published his.[3] An inlet on the coast of Western Australia is called Freycinet Estuary. Cape Freycinet between Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste and the Freycinet Peninsula with Freycinet National Park in Tasmania also bear the explorer's name.

 
Depiction of Freycinet's exploration to the Southern territories.

In 1805, he returned to Paris, 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).

The plant genus Freycinetia (Pandanaceae) was named in his honor,[4] as was the Hawaiian native tree/shrub Santalum freycinetianum.[5]

Circumnavigation on Uranie edit

 
Baptism of Hawaiians on the Uranie in 1819

In 1817, he was given command of the corvette Uranie, especially reconfigured to a new exploration voyage. Uranie carried several members of the Navy scientific staff, notably marine hydrologist Louis Isidore Duperrey, artist Jacques Arago, and his junior draughtsman Adrien Taunay the Younger.

Uranie sailed to Rio de Janeiro to take a series of pendulum measurements gather information in the fields of geography, ethnology, astronomy, terrestrial magnetism, meteorology, and for collecting specimens in natural history. Freycinet also managed to sneak his wife Rose de Freycinet aboard.[6][1]

For three years, Freycinet cruised about the Pacific, visiting Australia, the Mariana Islands, Hawaiian Islands, and other Pacific islands, South America, and other places, and, notwithstanding the loss of Uranie on the Falkland Islands during the return voyage, returned to France with fine collections in all departments of natural history, and with voluminous notes and drawings of the countries visited.

The results of this voyage were published under Freycinet's supervision, with the title of Voyage autour du monde fait par ordre du Roi sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, in 13 quarto volumes and 4 folio volumes of plates and maps.

Freycinet was admitted into the French Academy of Sciences in 1825, and was one of the founders of the Paris Geographical Society. He died at the family's château de Freycinet[7] near Saulce-sur-Rhône, Drôme.

Journals of the Voyage 1817-1820 edit

  • Vol. 1 Part 1: Book I France to Brazil. pub.1827.
  • Vol. 1 Part 2: Book II Brazil to Timor. pub.1828.
  • Vol. 2 Part 1: Book III Timor to the Marianas. pub.1829.
  • Vol. 2 Part 2: Book IV Guam to Hawaii; Book V Hawaii to Port Jackson 1819. pub.1829.
  • Vol. 2 Part 3: Book V Hawaii to Port Jackson; Book VI Port Jackson to France 1820. pub.1839.
  • Zoology. pub.1824.
  • Zoology Plates. pub.1824.
  • Botany. pub.1826.
  • Botany Plates. pub.1826.
  • Navigation and Hydrography, Part 1. pub.1826.
  • Navigation and Hydrography, Part 2. pub.1826.
  • Pendulum Observations. pub.1826.
  • Terrestrial Magnetism. pub.1842.
  • Meteorology. pub.1844.

See also edit

Taxa named in his honor edit

Notes and references edit

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Taillemite (2002), p. 196.
  2. ^ Fornasiero, F. J.; Peter Monteath; John West-Sooby (2004). Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders. Wakefield Press. pp. 296ff. ISBN 978-1-86254-625-7. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  3. ^ "The French Connection". International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Freycinetia cumingiana - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  5. ^ Agriculture Handbook. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1989.
  6. ^ Sayers, Stuart (28 April 1962). "A French Wife's Voyage Around the World in Defiance of Orders". The Age. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  7. ^ Château de Freycinet.
  8. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ORECTOLOBIFORMES (Carpet Sharks)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

Bibliography

  • Edward Duyker François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, ISBN 978-0-522-85260-8,
  • Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders, Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2004. ISBN 1-86254-625-8
  • Frank Horner, The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801–1803, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 ISBN 0-522-84339-5.
  • Marchant, Leslie R. French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast, Greenwood, WA. R.I.C. Publications, 2004. ISBN 1-74126-094-9
  • Hordern House, Captain Louis de Freycinet and his Voyages to the Terres Australes, Hordern House, Sydney, 2011 ISBN 978-1-875567-62-1
  • Rose de Freycinet (patronymic Pinon) and Federico Motta, curator, Rose de Freycinet. Una viaggiatrice clandestina a bordo dell'Uranie negli anni 1817-20, Verona, Giugno 2017. Translation of Rose original Journal, fully annotated with new documents and with a comprehensive revision of Louis de Freycinet travel, ISBN 9788898023806
  • Taillemite, Étienne (2002). Dictionnaire des Marins français. Tallandier. ISBN 2-84734-008-4. OCLC 606770323.
  • Rare Freycinet map. Ile Decrès, or Kangaroo Island, 1803, held by the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia [1]

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For the French prime minister see Charles de Freycinet For other uses see Freycinet Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet 7 August 1779 18 August 1841 was a French Navy officer He circumnavigated the earth and in 1811 published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia Louis de FreycinetBorn7 August 1779 Montelimar Died18 August 1841 1842 aged 62 OccupationOfficer of the French Navy FamilyLouis Henry de Saulces de Freycinet DynastySaulces de Freycinet Rankofficer candidate 1794 lieutenant de vaisseau 1803 capitaine de fregate 1811 capitaine de vaisseau 1820 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Circumnavigation on Uranie 2 Journals of the Voyage 1817 1820 3 See also 4 Taxa named in his honor 5 Notes and referencesBiography editHe was born at Montelimar Drome Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet was his full name many calling him Louis de Freycinet He had three brothers Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet Andre Charles de Saulces de Freycinet and the youngest Frederic Casimir de Saulces de Freycinet father of Charles de Freycinet Louis Claude was the second oldest In 1793 he joined the French Navy as a midshipman and took in several engagements against the British In 1800 Freycinet was appointed to an exploration expedition to Southern and South Western coasts of Australia under Nicolas Baudin on Naturaliste and Geographe Freycinet s brother Louis Henri de Freycinet was also part of the expedition Between September 1802 and August 1803 Freycinet captained the schooner Casuarina surveying the Australian coastline He then transferred to Naturaliste and returned to France in 1804 1 Because Matthew Flinders was being held captive by the French on Mauritius many of his discoveries were revisited and unintendedly claimed by Francois Peron and new names were given by this expedition in 1824 it was remedied in the second edition of Voyage decouvertes aux terres australes 2 In the end Baudin and Freycinet managed to have their map of the Australian coastline published in 1811 three years before Flinders published his 3 An inlet on the coast of Western Australia is called Freycinet Estuary Cape Freycinet between Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste and the Freycinet Peninsula with Freycinet National Park in Tasmania also bear the explorer s name nbsp Depiction of Freycinet s exploration to the Southern territories In 1805 he returned to Paris 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 decouvertes aux terres australes Paris 1807 1816 The plant genus Freycinetia Pandanaceae was named in his honor 4 as was the Hawaiian native tree shrub Santalum freycinetianum 5 Circumnavigation on Uranie edit nbsp Baptism of Hawaiians on the Uranie in 1819In 1817 he was given command of the corvette Uranie especially reconfigured to a new exploration voyage Uranie carried several members of the Navy scientific staff notably marine hydrologist Louis Isidore Duperrey artist Jacques Arago and his junior draughtsman Adrien Taunay the Younger Uranie sailed to Rio de Janeiro to take a series of pendulum measurements gather information in the fields of geography ethnology astronomy terrestrial magnetism meteorology and for collecting specimens in natural history Freycinet also managed to sneak his wife Rose de Freycinet aboard 6 1 For three years Freycinet cruised about the Pacific visiting Australia the Mariana Islands Hawaiian Islands and other Pacific islands South America and other places and notwithstanding the loss of Uranie on the Falkland Islands during the return voyage returned to France with fine collections in all departments of natural history and with voluminous notes and drawings of the countries visited The results of this voyage were published under Freycinet s supervision with the title of Voyage autour du monde fait par ordre du Roi sur les corvettes de S M l Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les annees 1817 1818 1819 et 1820 in 13 quarto volumes and 4 folio volumes of plates and maps Freycinet was admitted into the French Academy of Sciences in 1825 and was one of the founders of the Paris Geographical Society He died at the family s chateau de Freycinet 7 near Saulce sur Rhone Drome Journals of the Voyage 1817 1820 editVol 1 Part 1 Book I France to Brazil pub 1827 Vol 1 Part 2 Book II Brazil to Timor pub 1828 Vol 2 Part 1 Book III Timor to the Marianas pub 1829 Vol 2 Part 2 Book IV Guam to Hawaii Book V Hawaii to Port Jackson 1819 pub 1829 Vol 2 Part 3 Book V Hawaii to Port Jackson Book VI Port Jackson to France 1820 pub 1839 Zoology pub 1824 Zoology Plates pub 1824 Botany pub 1826 Botany Plates pub 1826 Navigation and Hydrography Part 1 pub 1826 Navigation and Hydrography Part 2 pub 1826 Pendulum Observations pub 1826 Terrestrial Magnetism pub 1842 Meteorology pub 1844 See also editEuropean and American voyages of scientific exploration Freycinet Map of 1811Taxa named in his honor editThe Indonesian speckled carpetshark Hemiscyllium freycineti is named after him 8 Freycinetia Pandanaceae Notes and references editNotes References a b Taillemite 2002 p 196 Fornasiero F J Peter Monteath John West Sooby 2004 Encountering Terra Australis the Australian voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders Wakefield Press pp 296ff ISBN 978 1 86254 625 7 Retrieved 12 January 2011 The French Connection International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Retrieved 12 January 2011 Freycinetia cumingiana Plant Finder www missouribotanicalgarden org Retrieved 2020 02 26 Agriculture Handbook U S Department of Agriculture 1989 Sayers Stuart 28 April 1962 A French Wife s Voyage Around the World in Defiance of Orders The Age Retrieved 12 January 2011 Chateau de Freycinet Christopher Scharpf amp Kenneth J Lazara 22 September 2018 Order ORECTOLOBIFORMES Carpet Sharks The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J Lazara Retrieved 7 March 2022 Bibliography Edward Duyker Francois Peron An Impetuous Life Naturalist and Voyager Miegunyah MUP Melb 2006 ISBN 978 0 522 85260 8 Fornasiero Jean Monteath Peter and West Sooby John Encountering Terra Australis the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders Kent Town South Australia Wakefield Press 2004 ISBN 1 86254 625 8 Frank Horner The French Reconnaissance Baudin in Australia 1801 1803 Melbourne University Press Melbourne 1987 ISBN 0 522 84339 5 Marchant Leslie R French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast Greenwood WA R I C Publications 2004 ISBN 1 74126 094 9 Hordern House Captain Louis de Freycinet and his Voyages to the Terres Australes Hordern House Sydney 2011 ISBN 978 1 875567 62 1 Rose de Freycinet patronymic Pinon and Federico Motta curator Rose de Freycinet Una viaggiatrice clandestina a bordo dell Uranie negli anni 1817 20 Verona Giugno 2017 Translation of Rose original Journal fully annotated with new documents and with a comprehensive revision of Louis de Freycinet travel ISBN 9788898023806 Taillemite Etienne 2002 Dictionnaire des Marins francais Tallandier ISBN 2 84734 008 4 OCLC 606770323 Rare Freycinet map Ile Decres or Kangaroo Island 1803 held by the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louis de Freycinet amp oldid 1132844863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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