Ill-Starred Captains : Flinders and Baudin. by BROWN, Anthony J - 2001

Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 512 pp. .

Hardcover. Good. red boards

Mechanicsburg [PA]: Stackpole Books, 2000. First US edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xx, 512pp. 8pp plates. Original burgundy cloth, dustwrapper. There is a minor bump to the foot of the spine, and the text pages are slightly tanned, but the book and the dustwrapper are generally in very good condition overall. ISBN 0811708497

Adelaide; Crawford House Publishing; 2000.. First Edition; Thick Med. 8vo; pp. xx, 512; numerous colour illustrations, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy. Between 1801 and 1803, Baudin and Flinders filled in most of the gaps on the map of what was then New Holland. The voyages were also very important scientifically. Both carried significant collections of flora and fauna home to Europe. The French scientists made invaluable observations on the life and customs of Tasmanian aborigines, while the naturalist Robert Brown in Investigator laid the foundations of Australian botany. Caught up on an increasingly bitter war, the French and British governments gave little recognition to these scientific achievements.

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2004. Softcover. Near Fine. 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… Read More

Adelaide, SA, Australia: Crawford House Publishing, 2000. Jacket has general wear to edges. Small mark to bottom of front free endpaper. 512 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Between 1801 and 1803, Baudin and Flinders filled in most of the gaps on the map of what was then New Holland. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fremantle Arts Center Pr, 2004-10. Paperback. Good.