Mapping of Adelaide Region, Baudin Expedition, 1808, Hand-Coloured Map

The First Detailed Mapping of The Adelaide Region, Carte Generale de la Terre Napoleon, [Baudin Expedition map] Louis de Freycinet, [Paris: grave par Tardieu, 1808.], attractively hand coloured, 54 x 78 cm (sight); framed 80 x 104 cm. At the time of the Baudin voyage, a Napoleonic order existed to conquer the continent, a plan ultimately frustrated by defeat in Europe. The place names engraved on this chart are almost entirely in French; interestingly, when the second edition of Baudin's voyage was published in 1824 most of these names were, without comment, discreetly changed into English.