Name/Title
Ill-Starred Captains: Flinders and BaudinEntry/Object ID
2010.13Description
"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 CollectionBook Details
Author
Brown, Anthony J.Publisher
Freemantle Arts Centre PressPlace Published
Location
Freemantle, Western AustraliaDate Published
1800 - 1810Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
910.4 B MaritimeISBN
1-920731-46-6Notes
Date: 2004
Copy No.: 1