Bachelot de La Pylaie, Auguste Jean Marie, baron, 1786- 1856.

Bachelot De la Pylaie pursued varied interests in exploration, botany, archeology and politics. He traveled to Newfoundland in 1816 and 1819-1820, collected botanical specimens and made notes on the flora of the area. He planned to produce a more extensive description of Newfoundland flora that would include his own illustrations, but he only suceeded in publishing the first part of Flore de terre-neuve et les Iles St. Pierre et Miclon, in 1829. Some of Bachelot de La Pylaie's unpublished manuscript, including his travel journals and an Essai sur la flora de terre-neuve et des Iles St. Pierre et Miclon, are in Paris at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, where his herbarium specimens may also be found.

From the description of Papers of Auguste Jean Marie Bachelot de La Pylaie, 1819-1820. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40271869