Cape Town
3 January 1804 - 24 January 1804
Pierre Bernard Milius is promoted to Citizen Commander of Géographe and steers the valuable scientific haul safely to Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope. He supplements the Australian collection with African specimens including a lion, gnu and zebra and sends the naturalists to draw among the Khoikhoi people.
Samango monkey—Cercopithecus mitis albogularis
Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—80202
The town and port of the Cape
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—19030
Native of Mozambique
Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—19050-1
Southern Africa—Houswana woman
Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—19053-1
Bluebottle-fish—Nomeus gronovii
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—76181
Grey-headed kingfisher—Halcyon leucocephala
Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—79022
Hyena—Crocuta crocuta
Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—80156
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