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Flinders and Baudin ill-starred captains
anthony j. brown 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 Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders, they carried safe conducts protecting them from 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. Significant collections of flora and fauna were accumulated. The French scientists made invaluable observations on the life and customs of Tasmanian Aboriginals, while English naturalist Robert Brown laid the foundations of Australian botany. 528 pp - Paperback - Published 2004
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