What I Know
Nicolas-Thomas Baudin was a officer for the french navy. He was sent to make Van Diemen's Land(Tasmania) belong to France. He collected information on the biological and geographical of Australia.
What I Want To Know
I want to know how many different types of plants and animals did they take with them?
How do you preserve plants and animals in a ship?
How did they treat the local Aboriginal people?
How did Nicolas Baudin become an explorer?
Why did the French want to claim Van Diemen's Land(Tasmania)?
Why did the French focus on the ecology of Australia and other countries before trying to claim Australia?
How do you preserve plants and animals in a ship?
How did they treat the local Aboriginal people?
How did Nicolas Baudin become an explorer?
Why did the French want to claim Van Diemen's Land(Tasmania)?
Why did the French focus on the ecology of Australia and other countries before trying to claim Australia?
What I Learned
Baudin took around 2500 plants and animals.
They treated the Aborigines with respect.
He got to be an explorer because of his navy experience.
Some of the creatures were kept in the hull because of the hulls temperature.
The French wanted to claim Van Diemen's Land(Tasmania) because they did not want the British to have it.
This is because France wanted to know what Australia looked like and if it was a bunch of islands or a continent.
They treated the Aborigines with respect.
He got to be an explorer because of his navy experience.
Some of the creatures were kept in the hull because of the hulls temperature.
The French wanted to claim Van Diemen's Land(Tasmania) because they did not want the British to have it.
This is because France wanted to know what Australia looked like and if it was a bunch of islands or a continent.