born died french served voyage sent search missing explorer earliest european work australia employed european colonial scientific exploration late 18th early 19th centuries duty assist collection transport cultivation distribution economic plants worked expeditions gave particular assistance collecting live plants seed plant specimens collections maintained journals records collections observations vegetation encountered voyage particular expedition assisted naturalist botanist accumulated largest collections era published effect flora australia based collections australian leg expedition numerous botanical collections returning france eventually early life son normandy wife lived village maritime kilometres age left parents farm employed apprentice botanical garden historic capital normandy direction french revolution age commenced work paris junior rising ranks director city new school mentor professor french revolution garden assumed present treasurer prestigious commemorated bay tasmania expedition expedition seen march left australia observed ships fleet england command leaving deciding unsuitable settlement france decided send search mission led recommendation time principal assistant school invited join expedition team scientists engineers artists expedition described strong vigorous suited gentle honest exact active hard working loving calling knowing theory practice processes knowing plants cultivated annual salary expedition paid navy equivalent gold coin louis equipment permitted accommodation officers expedition worked honesty keeping meticulous notes journal wanted improve schooling expedition recommended study latin try translate works read write french reading included works published works forestry naval architecture especially relating timber agriculture fruit tree cultivation seed conservation insect affecting seeds arrived brest ready ship departure cases garden seeds fruit tree nuts containing tools clothing expedition consisted frigates landfall cape good hope followed tasmania named flagship expedition dutch colony exchanged seeds dutch governor south western australia discovering naming commemorating second ship water running low ships returned safety bay completing continent destination collected transport mauritius captain died past unaware finally death july surveyed coasts eastern new_guinea northern expedition new command ships arriving java told france war european countries including holland britain spain french republic declared dutch seized ships exception appeared revolutionary sympathies interned scientific collections confiscated eventually captured later british french ship returning france auspices returned france like interned permitted tend trees destined course expedition guidance numbered collection dried plant specimens collections seed european vegetable garden days landfall tasmania established european vegetable garden purpose source food propagation material indigenous people supply provisions future visiting european vessels european garden mainland tasmania planted north ships anchored recently sighted 1840s offshore small orchard planted months previously englishman expedition presumably planted journal reports planted grey different kinds white black potatoes large quantities woods thrown random grow returning january garden productive seed having planted dry sandy soil time tried explaining people referred today cooked fire fine eating calling adventure bay island examined tended trees planted expedition garden february situated north eastern peninsula bay environmental activists found moss covered stones forming roughly subdivided suggested support barrels water measuring possible remains garden established site peninsula placed february discovery important element protracted campaign preserve site peninsula private ownership threat logged heritage listing entry archaeological survey site relating expedition concluded archaeological study area stone feature soil sampling strategy close observation maps area suggest stone layout garden study indicated location garden shown maps dry rocky environment fit description french stone layout found probably structure associated late 19th early 20th century development area obviously remaining witnesses history coal pit bight needs protected researched archaeological work failed find artefacts recognizable site close sea dimensions layout orientation published descriptions study resulted provisional entry april expedition sites bay adventure bay garden lot exact location identified believed located woodland near intermittent stream approximately north inland metres south east stone structure discovered site garden thought area flat land near small stream deep soil traces garden today covered deposits transporting weeks productive expedition ships set sail main island kingdom specific instructions collect quality plants transport plants selected maintained specially designed rectangular wooden drainage holes frame hold glass assist temperature regulation accordingly collected plants similar work botanist british captain bounty time french reached java plants survived reduced moved kilometres away careful care means propagation managed double number plants leaving java january frigate cared plants sea eventually delivering des prospered care returned france thanks careful subsequently successfully introduced march april collected separately numbered plant specimens added specimens seed collected java seed collected australia left island collections selection live ornamental plants collected gardens collections expedition finally returned paris filled living plants brought trees subsequent work departed mauritius arriving france july appointed official commission sent italy libraries museums northern italy wake napoleon victories return appointed head empress estate appointed napoleon like having englishman employee presented excessive bill transportation shrubs napoleon opportunity services post superintendent gardens given botanist obtained position based successful restoration gardens old garden versailles garden probably important collection living australian plants europe period decades europe actually seen plants growing natural habitat plants grew collected tensions developed chief botanist continued work empress death entered business possibly sold manager successful private nursery near versailles occupied wife sons kept collection natural history specimens extensive seeds specimens brought voyage died home versailles august aged buried cemetery survived wife sons daughter daughter married took business handing son turn passed plant collections extensive collection living dried plants returned paris scattered death specimens housed paris geneva mauritius java original plants included specimens dated numbered journal follows archipelago collection numbers nos nos nos java nos west java jan nos remainder august purchased catalogue journal antiquarian small collection seeds donated grandson manuscript seed collections held museum library notes des voyage honours commemorated des mauritius named island tasmania honour known commemorated cape islands
Félix Delahaye