Louis de Freycinet

Louis De Freycinet

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French navigator. He circumnavigated the earth, and in 1811 published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia.

Read more about Louis De Freycinet:  Biography, Circumnavigation in The Uranie

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