Australasia, 23 Jul 1801: Napoleonic France in Australasia
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 23 Jul 1801 (The Australasian Colonies: Napoleonic France in Australasia), showing the following events: Fall of the Dutch Republic; British occupation of Ambon; Circumnavigation of Tasmania; Baudin expedition; Dissolution of VOC.

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Batav.)

New South
Wales(Br.)

N e w G u i n e a n s

N e w H o l l a n d e r s

( A u s t r a l i a n

A b o r i g i n e s)

New
Zealanders
(Māori)

T e r r e N a p o l é o n

d e W i t t ’ s L a n d

Solomon Islanders

N u y t ’ s L a n d

Van Diemen’s
Land

d’Edels-
land

Eendrachts-
land

Carpentaria Land

Navigator
Islanders
(Samoans)

New Caledonians
(Kanaks)

New Hebrideans
(Ni-Vanuatu)

Port.
Timor(Port.)

Tidore(Br. occ.)

Ternate(Br. occ.)

Bulungan(Sulu vas.)

Banjar(Batav. prot.)

Ambon(Br. occ.)

Leeuwin’s
Land

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Norfolk I.(NSW)

Auckland Is.(uninh.)

Kermadec Is.(uninh.)

Tonga(civil war)

Lord Howe I.(uninh.)

Banda Is.(Batav.)

Aug 1794–Jan 1795French conquer
Dutch Republic

Feb 1796–Jan 1803British occupy Ambon
and Moluccas

Oct 1798–Jan 1799Bass & Flinders prove
Van Diemen’s Land
is an island

Oct 1800–Mar 1804Baudin explores
Australian coast
for France

Jan 1801Dutch East
India Company
is dissolved

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