King George Sound
17 February 1803 - 1 March 1803
Géographe and the Casuarina finally meet at King George Sound after being separated at Kangaroo Island. Tents are erected onshore for sick seafarers and for the naturalists. The botanist Leschenault and Guichenot the gardener, collect over 200 new species of dried and living botanical specimens.
Baudin
Carpet python—Morelia spilota
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—78107
Circular huts—Shark Bay
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—16033
Sea anemones—Actiniaria
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—71002
Red sea toad—Schizophrys aspera
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—73122
Ocellate sea star—Nectria ocellata
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—74020-2
Sea star—unidentified
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—74037
Sand sifting sea star—Archaster angulatus
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—74060
Terre de Leeuwin
Archives nationales de France—série Marine 5JJ51-127
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