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Rose de Freycinet

Interest in her and her diary led to a renewed interest in the wreck of the Uranie in the Falkland Islands.

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The expedition brought back a great number of scientific specimens, including minerals, plants, insects, animals, despite the shipwreck of the Uranie in 1820 in the Falkland Islands.

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In 2001 an expedition organized by the Western Australian Museum "conducted research, search and survey aimed at adding to the body of knowledge about the de Freycinets, their ship and their camp."

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