Ill-Starred Captains: Flinders and Baudin

Name/Title

Ill-Starred Captains: Flinders and Baudin

Entry/Object ID

2010.13

Description

"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 impossible 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...." Physical Description: Softcover book. Mentions Stonington Captain Isaac Pendleton, pg. 147-150.

Collection

Maritime Collection

Book Details

Author

Brown, Anthony J.

Publisher

Freemantle Arts Centre Press

Place Published

Location

Freemantle, Western Australia

Date Published

1800 - 1810

Publication Language

English

Call No.

910.4 B Maritime

ISBN

1-920731-46-6

Notes

Date: 2004 Copy No.: 1