Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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Charles-Alexandre LESUEUR<br />
French 1778–1846<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>of</strong> the coast <strong>of</strong> New Holland<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>ils de côtes de Nouvelle-Hollande<br />
1802–03<br />
watercolour, pencil<br />
Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Le Havre inv. 16085<br />
Departing Van Diemen’s Land late in<br />
February 1802, Baudin sailed north,<br />
locating the southern coast <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Victoria</strong>n<br />
mainland at Wilsons Promontory. Sighted by<br />
George Bass in 1798, this promontory was<br />
subsequently named by Bass and Flinders.<br />
The top coastal pr<strong>of</strong>ile in this watercolour<br />
depicts part <strong>of</strong> Wilsons Promontory as<br />
observed by Baudin’s expedition in 1802.<br />
Also displayed here is footage <strong>of</strong> this<br />
coastline as it looks today. Sailing west<br />
from this point, Baudin began the intricate<br />
process <strong>of</strong> charting the coast <strong>of</strong> what was to<br />
be named Terre Napoléon (Napoleon Land),<br />
the <strong>Victoria</strong>n side <strong>of</strong> Bass Strait.<br />
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