Charles-Pierre Boullanger


Charles-Pierre Boullanger was a French geographer who served on Nicolas Baudin's scientific [Baudin Baudin expedition to Australia|expedition to Australia|expedition] to the South Pacific and its islands from 1800 to 1803. He was a midshipman cartographer and hydrographic engineer on the survey vessel Le Géographe with the sister ship Naturaliste. During this expedition he produced, with Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, a detailed map of the east coast of Australia.
Boullanger led a small group sent by Nicolas Baudin to Maria Island off the east Tasmanian coast on 19 February 1802.

Honours

Geographic features names in Boullanger's honour: