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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.
Mar 21, 2023 · In 1735, and not yet a teenager, Marc Joseph Marion du Fresne joined the French India Company ship Duc de Bourgogne as honorary sub-lieutenant. He worked his way up the ranks of the Company and the French royal navy until 1771 when he was given command of two ships for a voyage of trade and exploration to the Pacific sponsored by the French ...
Marc Joseph Marion du Fresne was baptised on 22 May 1724 at St Malo, Brittany, France. His exact date of birth is unknown. He was the son of Marie Séraphique Le Fer and her husband, Julien Marion du Fresne, a merchant. In 1735, while still very young, Marion du Fresne joined the French India Company ship Duc de Bourgogne as honorary sub ...
Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne (1724-1772), mariner, was baptized on 22 May 1724 at St Malo, Brittany, France, youngest of eight children of Julien Marion Dufresne (1681-1739), a wealthy shipowner and merchant, and his wife Marie Seraphique, née Le Fer de la Lande.
A fter having served in the Seven Years War, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Sieur de Fresne, returned to France to take successive command of four ships from La Compagnie des Indes : "Le Comte d'Argenson", "Le Vengeur, "Comte d'Artois" and "Digue". This was between the years of 1761 and 1768.
Marion du Fresne was a Māoriphile who shared Jean-Jacques Rousseau's beliefs about the 'noble savage'. The events of July 1772, however, strengthened the view in France that New Zealand was inhabited by dangerous natives and did not warrant an attempt at colonisation.
Marc-Joseph Du Fresne sailed from France on the Mascurin in 1771 with the intention of returning Ahu-toru, the Tahitian whom Bougainville had taken to France in 1769.
