Rev Bertrand

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Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 25:

Bertrand, ---, French
Involved in Tasmanian Exploration in 1790's
Bertrand was an astronomer in D'Entrecasteaux's expedition to southern Tasmania in 1791. Other priests in the expedition were Ambroise Pierson and Canon Louis [Ventenat]. Bertrand left the Expedition at the Cape of Good Hope and returned to France.
(Not listed previously in Footprints)
Ref.: Melb. Advocate 3.6.1976, p. 9; Rough Notes from Fr. W.T. Southerwood, Tasmanian Historian, to MDHC File at Torquay.