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Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne

1724 - 1772

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Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (22 May 1724 – 12 June 1772) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne is the 228th most popular explorer (down from 217th in 2019), the 2,662nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,707th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne ranks 228 out of 498. Before him are Joshua Slocum, Pero Escobar, Mark Sykes, Juan de Garay, Francisco de Bobadilla, and Cristoforo Buondelmonti. After him are Anthony van Diemen, Otto Finsch, Pehr Osbeck, Naddodd, Lourenço Marques, and Duarte Pacheco Pereira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne ranks 19. Before him are Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Franz Aepinus, Eva Ekeblad, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, George Stubbs, and Franz Anton Maulbertsch. After him are Claude Balbastre, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, John Smeaton, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, and Gottfried Heinrich Bach. Among people deceased in 1772, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne ranks 12. Before him are Ernst Johann von Biron, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Gottfried Achenwall, Gerard van Swieten, Princess Mary of Great Britain, and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville. After him are John Canton, Charles Pinot Duclos, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, and Pyotr Saltykov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne ranks 2,662 out of 6,770. Before him are Valery Larbaud (1881), Georges Guynemer (1894), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Sébastien Loeb (1974), Pierre Leroux (1797), and Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678). After him are Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1487), Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), Renaud Camus (1946), Marius Aventicensis (532), François de Charette (1763), and Martine Carol (1920).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne ranks 25. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), René Caillié (1799), and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605). After him are André Thevet (1516), Pierre Poivre (1719), Freya Stark (1893), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), Jacques Labillardière (1755), and Nicolas Baudin (1754).

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