Géographe and Casuarina arrive at Ile de France
7 August 1803 - 16 December 1803
Baudin plans to stay on at Ile de France until December. He boards with a genteel widow Madame Kerivel who has become a friend. The cargo of live animals and plants recuperate in the widow’s country garden. Despite his determined optimism, Baudin dies on 16 September. Few of his crew mourn his passing.
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Red fody—Foudia madagascariensis
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79020
Entrance to Port-Louis
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—15020-1
View of Port Louis harbour, Ile de France
Artist Jacques Milbert
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—150520-1
Sea star (unidentified)
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’historie naturelle, Le Havre—74007
Silver hatchetfish—Argyropelecus olfersi
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76152
Starry pufferfish—Arothron aerostaticus
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76278
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