Nicolas Baudin’s voyage at the height of the Napoleonic wars gave us dozens of French place names, and left with kangaroos for the Empress Josephine Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingFrom La Perouse in Sydney to Victoria’s French Isl…
Newly discovered Napoleon hat with his DNA up for auction
Buyer at small German auction house did not know bicorne had belonged to the French emperorA newly discovered hat with DNA evidence proving it belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte has gone on display at auction house Bonhams in Hong Kong.Described by Bonham…