The Encounter
Description: Flinders ship print by Ainslie Roberts
Delightful image of 2 sailing ships - explorers meeting on the seas
Printed on heavy grade art paper using 6 colour offset printing for sharpness and clarity.
Dimensions: 510mm x 585mm
The Legend
This work by South Australian artist Ainslie Roberts AM depicts the famous meeting on 8 April 1802 of the early explorers Englishman Commander Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator and Frenchman Captain Nicholas Baudin in the corvette Géographe off the South Australian coastline, afterwards appropriately named by Flinders Encounter Bay.
As they approached each other, both ships cleared their decks for action but hoisted flags of truce and the meeting was peaceful. The two ships hove to overnight and Captain and the Commander exchanged notes on their discoveries.
Between them the two seamen explored the unknown southern coast of Australia from the head of the Great Australian Bight to the present South Australian/Victorian border. Their discoveries opened the way to the founding of South Australia in 1836.
Delightful image of 2 sailing ships - explorers meeting on the seas
Printed on heavy grade art paper using 6 colour offset printing for sharpness and clarity.
Dimensions: 510mm x 585mm
The Legend
This work by South Australian artist Ainslie Roberts AM depicts the famous meeting on 8 April 1802 of the early explorers Englishman Commander Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator and Frenchman Captain Nicholas Baudin in the corvette Géographe off the South Australian coastline, afterwards appropriately named by Flinders Encounter Bay.
As they approached each other, both ships cleared their decks for action but hoisted flags of truce and the meeting was peaceful. The two ships hove to overnight and Captain and the Commander exchanged notes on their discoveries.
Between them the two seamen explored the unknown southern coast of Australia from the head of the Great Australian Bight to the present South Australian/Victorian border. Their discoveries opened the way to the founding of South Australia in 1836.
