Nicolas Baudin
French explorer and cartographer
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Nicolas Thomas Baudin was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific. He carried a few corms of Gros Michel banana from Southeast Asia, depositing them at a... Wikipedia
Born: February 17, 1754, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France
Died: September 16, 1803 (age 49 years), Mauritius
Nationality: French
Books: The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Géographe and Naturaliste, Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage of Discovery, Reflections of a Philosophical Voyager: Nicolas Baudin Letter to Philip Gidley King 24 December 1802, and Bound for Glory: Exquisite Books of French Pacific Voyages, in the Picture Gallery