Louis Claude Desaulsesde Freycinet, a French navigator, born in Montelimart, Aug. 7, 1779, died near Loriol Aug. 18, 1842. In 1799 he served in the Mediterranean under Admiral Brueys. The next year he accompanied Bau-din on his scientific expedition to Australia, and being appointed to edit the nautical and geographical portion of the narrative, devoted ten years to this task. In 1817 he was intrusted with the command of a new expedition, the object of which was to study the figure of the globe, the elements of terrestrial magnetism, and certain meteorological phenomena in the southern hemisphere. He re- turned to Havre in 1820, having sailed round the earth, bringing a great number of observations, charts, and curious specimens for museums. His narrative of this voyage (13 vols. 4to, with four atlases, Paris, 1824-'44) gained him admission into the academy of sciences.