Charles-Pierre Boullanger
Charles-Pierre Boullanger (1772–1813) was a French geographer who served on Nicolas Baudin's scientific expedition to the South Pacific and its islands from 1800 to 1803. He was a midshipman cartographer and hydrographic engineer on the survey vessel Le Géographe with the sister ship Naturaliste. During this expedition he produced, with Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, a detailed map of the east coast of Australia.
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Charles-Pierre Boullanger
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- Born
- Charles-Pierre Boullanger was born on 30 January 1772. · Paris.
- Died
- Charles-Pierre Boullanger died on 29 December 1813. · Paris.
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- France
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- explorer · cartographer
- Education
- École polytechnique
- Languages
- French
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Charles-Pierre Boullanger (1772–1813) was a French geographer who served on Nicolas Baudin's scientific expedition to the South Pacific and its islands from 1800 to 1803. He was a midshipman cartographer and hydrographic engineer on the survey vessel Le Géographe with the sister ship Naturaliste. During this expedition he produced, with Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, a detailed map of the east coast of Australia.
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1772
Charles-Pierre Boullanger was born on 30 January 1772.
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Charles-Pierre Boullanger died on 29 December 1813.
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Charles-Pierre Boullanger was born in Paris.
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Boullanger led a small group sent by Nicolas Baudin to Maria Island off the east Tasmanian coast on 19 February 1802.
Geographic features names in Boullanger's honour: • Cape Boullanger — the north end of Maria Island. • Cape Boullanger — the northern tip of Dorre Island in the present-day Shark Bay nature reserve off the coast of Western Australia. • Cape Boullanger as the southernmost tip of Rottnest Island off Western Australia. • Boullanger Island — off Jurien Bay, Western Australia.
Île Maria (Tasmanie)
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Charles Pierre Boullanger (X1794)
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