Ill-Starred Captains - Flinders and Baudin: Anthony J. BrownNicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders were major figures in the early exploration of Australia, between them completing the mapping of the coastline. They had much in common: both were naval officers whose conventional careers were becalmed, and both led government sponsored expeditions. But one was French and the other was British and their countries were at war. Although they behaved with scientific objectivity towards each other when their paths