The survey ends and Baudin turns homeward
3 June 1803 - 7 July 1803
Baudin pushes east from Timor hoping to chart the Gulf of Carpentaria. He sails against the winds for four weeks but reaches no further east than present day Darwin. Twenty crew are sick, precious emus and kangaroos are refusing to eat, stocks of food and water are desperately low and Baudin is coughing blood. Defeated, Géographe and Casuarina turn around and head for Ile de France.
Baudin
Jellyfish—Toxorchis thalassinus
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—70022
Three shells of Australian gastropods
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—72051
Various gastropods
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—72053
Sea squirts—Asciandians
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—75020
Moorish idol—Zanclus canescens
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76355
Sargassum fish—Histrio histrio
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76722
Collared kingfisher—Halcyon chloris
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79021
Black-eared flying fox–Pteropus edulis
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—80040
Northern brushtail possum—Trichosurus arnhemensis
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur,
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—80090
Visit