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431358
  • Title
    [Medal commemorating the voyages of discovery commanded by Captain Baudin, France, 1800 / Pierre Montagny]
  • Creator
  • Call number
    R 942
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1800
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    431358
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    Objects - Diam. 3.8 cm. - 1 medal, bronze gilt, circular shaped, with evidence of wear on outer edges.
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
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  • General note

    This medal commemorates the French expedition of the corvettes "Geographe" and "Naturaliste" commanded by Captain Nicolas Baudin to Australia and the Pacific during 1800-1804. This voyage of Baudin produced some significant charting of the Australian coast and intersected with that of Matthew Flinders.

    There are several references to the existence of such medals on the expedition. For instance, an English captain went aboard the "Geographe" when it was anchored off the coast of Le Havre. Baudin documented the visit in his journal noting, "upon his departure, I begged him to accept a medal struck to commemorate the voyage, he did with pleasure, and then we parted". See Peter Lane, "The Baudin Medals of King George Sound, Western Australia", Journal of Numismatic Australia Vol. 8, 1995, pp. 21-29.

    The artist could be the French engraver Jean-Pierre Montagny (1789-1862).
    Digital order no:Album ID : 843815
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    On obverse of medal:
    "Bonaparte Premier Consul De La Rep. France / [uniformed bust of Napoleon Bonaparte in profile facing left] / Expedition De / Decouvertes / AN. 9" [i.e. Bonaparte First Consul of the Republic of France, voyage of discovery, year 9 of the Republic]

    On reverse of medal:
    "Les Corvettes / Le Geographe et / Le Naturaliste, / Commandees par / Le Capitaine / Baudin" [i.e. The corvettes Geography and Naturaliste commanded by Captain Baudin]
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