Elisabeth Paul Edouard Rossel

Élisabeth-Paul-Édouard de Rossel (1765-1829), also known as Chevalier de Rossel, was a French naval officer, explorer, and hydrographer. He took part in the voyage of Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux to the Pacific (1791-1793), and became the leader of the expedition after the deaths of the senior officers. The expedition disintegrated in the revolutionary wars, but Rossel was able to bring the records and collections of the expedition back to Europe and write the record of the voyage, which was published in 1808.