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3 unusual facts about Louis de Freycinet


Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré

He accompanied Freycinet, who made the expedition on the ships Uranie and Physicienne.

Louis de Freycinet

Edward Duyker François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb.

He had three brothers, Louis-Henri de Saulces de Freycinet, Andre Charles de Saulces de Freycinet and the youngest, Frederic-Casimir de Saulces de Freycinet (father of Charles de Freycinet).


Cape Freycinet

Named after the family of Freycinet, which had two brothers Henri Desaules and Louis de Freycinet - who were on the Baudin expedition.


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