The HMS Investigator voyage
Phascolarctos cinereus, koala. Plate 5 from a collection of watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826).
Captain Matthew Flinders’ voyage from 1801-1803 shed new light on the natural history of Australia.
Flinders and his crew mapped the Australian coastline, studying plants and animals along the way.
Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826) was appointed natural history artist for the voyage, and his exquisite watercolours are some of the finest ever recorded.
