The 1792–1793 d’Entrecasteaux expedition in the southwest Pacific
- Date of account
- 1791–1793
- Location
- Tasmania, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and western Pacific
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The expedition led by Bruni d’Entrecasteaux searched for traces of La Pérouse while surveying and recording geography, natural history and Indigenous encounters in the southwest Pacific. Its journals and charts provide detailed examples of uncertain island identification, coastal appearance, weather and navigational interpretation. This makes the expedition a useful comparative lead for UAP research, especially where later writers treat unexplained maritime observations as extraordinary. The documentation is substantial but dispersed among officers’ journals, scientific reports and maps, with differing terminology and editorial histories.
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