Anselme Riedlé

Anselme Riedlé (1765–1801) was gardener at the Jardin des Plantes who was invited to join the Nicolas Baudin scientific expedition (1800–1804) in the corvettes Géographe and Naturaliste to chart the coast of New Holland (Australia), make scientific observations and collect natural history specimens.

This was possibly the largest such voyage of its kind in the early nineteenth century, with a team of 22 savants (scientists, artists and engineers).

Herbaria B, BM, FI, FI-W, G?, G-DC, G-DEL, H, K, L, MO, MPU, NY, P, PC, P-JU.

[1] A manuscript journal he maintained for part of the voyage is stored at the Natural History Museum in Paris.

[2] Riedle Bay in Maria Island, Tasmania, commemorates his visit there with the Baudin expedition in 1802.