Ill-Starred Captains : Flinders and Baudin

Brown, Anthony J.

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AUSTRALIANA Exploration Maritime
The first book to explore in detail the two voyages dispatched by Britain and France between the years 1801 and 1803, to complete the mapping of Australia and ‘advance the limits of science’. Amid the Napoleonic Wars, France and Britain dispatched voyages of discovery to complete the mapping of Australia and ‘advance the limits of science.’ Led by naval captains Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders, they carried safe-conducts protecting them from the opposing navy in an increasingly bitter war. A chance encounter between the expeditions led to an exchange of information and civility, not considered possible in European waters. Between 1801 and 1803, Baudin and Flinders filled in most of the gaps on the map of what was then New Holland. Significant collections of flora and fauna were accumulated. Drawing extensively on original eyewitness accounts, logs, and journals, Ill-Starred Captains tells the riveting story of a remarkable competition between two warring colonial nations and provides a major contribution to Australian, British, and French history.

Revised EditionĀ  #220415/0819/080324#0819R/0420/0421/291222

Additional Information

AuthorBrown, Anthony J.
Number of pages528 illusts
PublisherFremantle Arts Centre Press
Year Published2004
Book Condition

Near Fine

Binding Type

Softcover

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