Baudin encounters Matthew Flinders on the southern coast
8 April 1802 - 8 April 1802
Géographe encounters Investigator off the Fleurieu Peninsula. Flinders and his French-speaking botanist Robert Brown board Géographe and swap information with Baudin about safe anchorages and dangerous reefs. They agree to meet again the next morning to share charts.
Baudin
Brown-flecked jellyfish—Chrysaora southcotti
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—70062-2
Pheasant shell—Phasianella australis
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—72059
Bridled leatherjacket—Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76131
Weedy seadragon—Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76743
Unidentified fish (possibly Gurnard perch)
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76956
Coorong—8 April, 1802
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur and/or Nicolas-Martin Petit
Archives nationales de France—série Marine 5JJ511-50
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