Louis de Freycinet is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Louis de Freycinet as French navigator.
Louis de Freycinet was born at Montélimar in 1779. His recorded nationality is France.
Enlightenment expeditions carried naturalists and instruments; the Pacific was charted with chronometers and the intention of measuring, not merely claiming.
He is recorded as officer of the french navy, geographer and geologist.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Louis de Freycinet died in 1842, aged 63. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as Officer of the French Navy, geographer and geologist
