Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
French explorer and cartographer (1724-1772) · France · Historical Figures · Died at 48
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Something wrong?Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne was a French privateer, East India captain, and explorer. The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geographic discoveries in the south Indian Ocean and anthropological discoveries in Tasmania and New Zealand.
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Map showing Marion du Fresne’s final voyage: the expedition’s outward journey to New Zealand and its return after his death.
Memorial fountain in Hobart for the bicentenary of the 1772 sighting of Tasmania.
Monument to the memory of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and his party at Te Hue Bay, "Assassination cove".![Romantic imagining of the killing of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne.[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Mort_de_Marc-Joseph_Marion_Dufresne_dans_la_baie_des_%C3%8Eles_-_d%C3%A9tail.jpg/500px-Mort_de_Marc-Joseph_Marion_Dufresne_dans_la_baie_des_%C3%8Eles_-_d%C3%A9tail.jpg)
Romantic imagining of the killing of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne.[12]About this person
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne was a French privateer, East India captain, and explorer. The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geographic discoveries in the south Indian Ocean and anthropological discoveries in Tasmania and New Zealand. In New Zealand, they spent longer living on shore than any previous European expedition. Half way through the expedition's stay, Marion was killed during a military assault by Ngare Raumati: one of the oldest Māori tribes from the Whangārei region.
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