Bright Sparcs
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Freycinet, Louis-Claude Desaulses de (1779 - 1842) |
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Born: 8 August 1779 Montélimar, Drôme, France. Died: 18 August 1842. | |||
Louis-Claude D. de Freycinet was part of the expedition sent to complete the French cartographic survey of Australia and conduct other scientific investigations 1800-4. He sailed aboard "Le Naturaliste". In 1817 he sailed with Duperrey to study terrestial magnetism. |
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