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Flinders and Baudin
Description
Matthew Flinders, in command of the Investigator, met his French counterpart Nicholas Baudin, in command of two ships, Le Geographe and Le Naturaliste, while sailing east along the Australian continent's southern coast in 1802. Flinders named the site 'Encounter Bay' to mark the improbable meeting of the two expeditions. Flinders went on to circumnavigate the continent, while Baudin's party spent two years exploring the Australian coast, collecting and illustrating scientific specimens.
Captain
Nicholas Baudin
Surveyor
Louis C. de Freycinet
Explorer
Captain Matthew Flinders
Associated place
Encounter Bay, SA, Australia
Encounter Bay, South Australia
Associated date
08/04/1802
Flinders and Baudin sailed along the southern coast in 1802
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