Charles-Pierre Boullanger
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Charles-Pierre Boullanger was a French geographer who served on Nicolas Baudin
’s scientific expedition to the South Seas 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.
Boullanger led a small group sent by Nicolas Baudin to Maria Island
off the east Tasmanian coast on 19 February 1802.
Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas-Thomas Baudin was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer.Baudin was born a commoner in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré. At the age of fifteen he joined the merchant navy, and at twenty joined the French East India Company...
’s scientific expedition to the South Seas from 1800 to 1803. He was a midshipman cartographer and hydrographic engineer on the survey vessel Le Géographe
French corvette Géographe
The Géographe was a 20-gun Serpente class corvette of the French Navy.She was named Uranie in 1797, and renamed Galatée in 1799, still on her building site, as her builder refused to launched her, as he had not been paid...
with the sister ship Naturaliste
French corvette Naturaliste
The Naturaliste was a Salamandre class bomb-corvette of the French Navy.She was launched in 1795 as La Menaçante. She was renamed to La Naturaliste in June 1800 and under Jacques Hamelin, she took part in the exploration of Australia of Nicolas Baudin.Following her return in 1802, she saw service...
. During this expedition he produced, with Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, a detailed map of the east coast of Australia.
Boullanger led a small group sent by Nicolas Baudin to Maria Island
Maria Island
Maria Island is a mountainous island off the east coast of Tasmania. The entire island is a national park. Maria Island National Park has a total area of 115.50 km², which includes a marine area of 18.78 km² off the island's northwest coast. The island is about 20 km in length from...
off the east Tasmanian coast on 19 February 1802.
Honours
Geographic features names in Boullanger's honour:- Cape Boullanger — the north end of Maria Island.
- Cape Boullanger — the northern tip of Dorre IslandDorre IslandDorre Island is one of three islands that make up the Bernier and Dorre Island Nature Reserve in the Shark Bay World Heritage area in Western Australia...
in the present-day Shark Bay nature reserve off the coast of Western Australia. - Cape Boullanger as the southernmost tip of Rottnest IslandRottnest IslandRottnest Island is located off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle. It is called Wadjemup by the Noongar people, meaning "place across the water". The island is long, and at its widest point with a total land area of . It is classified as an A Class Reserve and is managed by the...
off Western Australia. - Boullanger IslandBoullanger IslandBoullanger Island lies off the coast of Western Australia and covers an area of about 35 hectares. The nearest settlement is the mainland town of Jurien Bay....
— off Jurien Bay, Western Australia.