The Fleurieu Map
The Fleurieu Map: Why dozens of French names dot Australia's coastline. A presentation by Patrick Llewellyn, President, Institut de recherche Nicolas Baudin.
The maps of southern and western Australia were drawn by the French: the d'Entrecasteaux (1791 - 1794) and Baudin (1800 - 1804) expeditions. After the French defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, many of the place names given by the French were replaced by the names of the English Flinders Expedition (1801-1803).
However, in 1911, at the time of the founding of Canberra, Alphonse de Fleurieu, a descendant of Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, the organiser of the Lapérouse, d'Entrecasteaux and Baudin expeditions, travelled to Australia with a map he had corrected. He asked for many French names to be restored. And he got them.
Patrick will discuss the rediscovery of this significant map and its accompanying papers and their importance in the historical relationship between France and Australia.
This event is FREE with museum admission.
The maps of southern and western Australia were drawn by the French: the d'Entrecasteaux (1791 - 1794) and Baudin (1800 - 1804) expeditions. After the French defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, many of the place names given by the French were replaced by the names of the English Flinders Expedition (1801-1803).
However, in 1911, at the time of the founding of Canberra, Alphonse de Fleurieu, a descendant of Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, the organiser of the Lapérouse, d'Entrecasteaux and Baudin expeditions, travelled to Australia with a map he had corrected. He asked for many French names to be restored. And he got them.
Patrick will discuss the rediscovery of this significant map and its accompanying papers and their importance in the historical relationship between France and Australia.
This event is FREE with museum admission.
Sunday 1 December 2024 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UTC+10:30)
Location
SA Maritime Museum
126 Lipson Street, Port Adelaide SA 5015
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