Nuyts Archipelago
2 May 1802 - 8 May 1802
Baudin clashes with his officers, his crew is ravaged by scurvy and strong winds prevent him rounding the islands of St Peter and St Francis. He writes of the islands, ‘I am not at all surprised that they have been given the names of two saints who had taken vows of poverty’. They turn east to find drinking water, firewood and rest in Van Diemen’s Land and then Port Jackson.
Peron
Noisy Scrub-bird or Rufous bristlebird
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79041
Volute—Aulicina nivosa
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—72062
Unidentified shrimp
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—73147R
Sea stars—Patiriella gunnii
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—74003
Mosaic sea star—Plectaster decanus
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—74053
Potbelly seahorse—Hippocampus bleekeri
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76745
Snapper—Chrysophrys auratus
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76904
Eight frogs observed during travel to the Southern Lands.
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Museum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—77002
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