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By tk *Duplexes are no longer allowed at Pawleys Island *Dredging forum to be held for public *Tybee 500 steps in where Worrell stepped out: The Tybee 500 is set for take-off May 12 for any sailor with the $500 entry fee and an 18-by-20 foot catamaran *Red tide suspected of killing 60 manatees in southwest Florida *Mosquito control bugging Escambia
Introduction But no, these early French explorers and their small ships were out pushing back the frontiers of exploration, seeking out new territory to chart and claim for France, to expand her colonial empire. The Island of Mauritius It is interesting that this island became a common thread woven into the lives of several of the early French explorers, plus Matthew Flinders, all of whom were involved in the early exploration of Australia. Flinders, on his way back to England in Cumberland, because of her perilous stats, was forced to seek help at this island. Alas, England and France at that time were at war, he was taken prisoner by the then Governor Deecan, and detained for the next 6 and a half years. Nicolas Baudin, on his way home to France after his Australian cruise, became ill and called at Mauritius in 1803, only to die on the island. Le Perouse in 1783 married Louise-Eleonore Broudon, a young creole he had met on the Ile de France, which is the present day Mauritius. D'Entrecasteaux served a term as Governor of the French Colony of Mauritius. Nicolas Baudin. Baudin had been born at Port La Rochelle, a seaport town on an island off the west coast of France, the fifth child in his family. At age 15, Baudin went to sea as a cabin boy, and when 20, after being a Naval Cadet for 12 months he looked to the French East India Company for a career. In a troop transport en route to India he became a quartermaster, but lasted only two years before disillusionment found him back in France. With France entering the American War of Independence, he joined up as an Officer, to serve in the Caribbean for a year, then taking command of the sloop Apollon on convoy duty in the English Channel. But once more he was frustrated, when a Nobleman outranking him, grabbed his position as commanding officer, and Baudin quickly resigned to work abroad in the merchant service. He rose to command voyages, emigrants to New Orleans, back loading timber for Nantes, at last his fortunes started to improve. He took Franz Boos, the Austrian Emperor's head gardener on board, and now made a series of botanical expeditions for the Austrians, over 5 years he undertook three voyages to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Boos taught him about botany, and how to care for animals and plants, during one trip ostriches, zebras, plants and seedlings were all carried and nurtured. France and Austria at war. Baudin continued on to the Cape, took Scholl and his collection of Flora and fauna onboard and set sail for New Holland.
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