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Scientific Notes of Gaudichaud Beaupré

Scientific notes of Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.
Number of collected plants identified on the left
and its location on the top of the page.
Sheet 1.
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Timor, Indonesia.
Molucas Islands.
Mariana Islands.
Sandwich Islands. Hawaii.
Nouvelle Hollande, New Holland, Australia.
Falkland Islands.

ITINERARY OF THE TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD AT THE CORVETTES L´ URANIE, LA PHYSICIENNE, 1817-1820.

17-September-1817.
Departure from Toulon, France.

29-September-1817.
In view, Gibraltar, but the winds are contrary and push the ship to the Mediterranean.

11-Oct-1817 finally landing in Gibraltar.

14-Oct-1817.
Leaving Gibraltar.

22-Oct-1817.
Arrival at Tenerife.

28-Oct-1817.
Departure from Tenerife.

6-Dec-1817.
Arrival at Rio de Janeiro.

30-Jan-1818.
Departure from Rio de Janeiro.

7-Feb-1818.
Arrival at Cape Town.

7-April-1818.
Departure from Cape Town.

5-May-1818.
Arrival at Ille de France.

16-Jul-1818.
Departure from IIle de France.

19-Jul-1818.
Arrival at Saint-Denis, IIle Bourbon (Reunion).

28-Jul-1818.
Final departure from Saint-Paul, IIle Bourbon.

11-September-1818.
In view of New Holland (Australia), north side of the Earth of Edels.

12-September-1818.
Stop at the mouth of the Bay Chiens Marins, (Shark Bay, Australia) New Holland, north of the island of Dirck Hartog.

13-Sep-1818.
Landing at the Dampier Bay, at the Point of the Peninsula Peron.

26-September-1818.
Departure from Shark Bay.

9-October -1818.
Arrival at Kupang (Coupang, Timor, Indonesian side) Dutch West Indies.

23-Oct-1818.
Departure from Kupang or Coupang.

17-Nov-1818.
Arrival at Diely (Dili) East Timor.

22-Nov-1818.
Departure from Diely.

16-Dec-1818.
Arrival at Rawak (Pulau Lawak, northern Waigeo, West New Guinea, Indonesia) - Via Amboina, Strait Manipa, Halmahera Sea, Strait of Jailolo and Strait of L´Uranie.

6-Jan-1819.
Departure Rawak, the Ecuator is on the road.

25-Feb-1819.
Continuing for 12 days at the islands of the Admiralty, before changing the course towards the Carolinas.

17-Mar-1819.
Arrival at Umatac, island of Guam.

4-Apr-1819.
Transfer from Umatac to St. Louis and in the evening to Agana.

4-Jun-1819.
Boarding crew in St. Louis, and June 6 Finally departure to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

5-Aug-1819.
In view, the Sandwich Islands, Owyhee Island (Hawaii).

8-Aug-1819.
Stop at the Bay Kayakakoua (Kealakekua, Hawaii).

12-Aug-1819.
Stop at the Bay Kohai-hai (Kowaihae, NW of Hawaii).

16-Aug-1819.
Stop at the Isle of Mowi (Maui).

26-Aug-1819.
Stop at the Isle of Woahou (Oahu).

30-Aug-1819.
Final departure of the Sandwich Islands.

21-Oct-1819.
Discovery of the Rose Island.

18-Nov-1819.
Arrival at 20.00 antemeridian at the Bay of Port Jackson (Sydney).

25-Dec-1819.
Departure of Port Jackson at 20.00 pm.

7-Feb-1820.
Vía Cape Deseado (Cabo Pilar).

8-Feb-1820.
At the Cap Horn Passage.

12-Feb-1820.
Arrival at the Falklands.

14-Feb-1820.
At the mouth of the French Bay (Berkeley Sound, Baye Accaron or Bahia de la Annunciación) the Corvette L´Uranie strike against a submerged reef (Today's reef L´Uranie).

15-Feb-1820.
Shipwreck! At 3.00 L´ Uranie is made to stop on a sandbar (Uranie's Bay Today)

21-Feb-1820.
Louis de Freycinet and Rose Pinon de Freycinet were the last to abandon the corvette L´ Uranie.

8-April-1820.
Paris finds out what happened.

16-Apr-1820.
Rose finally embarked on the Mercury.

27-Apr-1820
Departure of the Falklands.

8-May-1820.
At 6.00 pm in the evening the Mercury throw the anchor in Montevideo and the ship is renamed La Physicienne.

11-May-1820.
Finally at noon Rose Pinon de Freycinet landed.

6-Jun-1820.
Embarking everyone.

7-Jun-1820.
Departure from Montevideo.

19-Jun-1820.
Stop at the Bay of Rio de Janeiro.

20-Jun-1820.
At 8.00 am, stop at the inner part of the port of Rio.

23-Jun-1820.
Rose landed temporarily.

1-Jul-1820.
Rose settles down. The Physicienne hull is repaired.

13-Sep-1820.
Departure from Rio de Janeiro.

10-Nov-1820.
Arrival at Cherbourg.

12-Nov-1820.
Cherbourg.

13-Nov-1820.
End of the journey at Le Havre.

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