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Coepang31 March 1803 - 8 April 1803

They head to a Dutch settlement in Coepang Bay on Timor island to obtain refreshments for the run back to Port Jackson. The botanists and painters range the country. The principal officers dine with Governor Mynheer Giesler. Flinders finds a monument erected to Baudin's gardener who died here of dysentery. The Investigator quits Timor for Cape Leeuwin.

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  • Rhynchoglossum obliquum
    Artists Franz Bauer and Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—12032

  • Tomb of botanist Anselme Reidlè
    From Fair Copy of Baudin’s Sea Journal-Vol. 2
    Archives nationales de France—sèrie Marine 5JJ-40B

  • Study for a painting: a view in the Island of Timor
    Artist William Westall
    National Library of Australia—136177496

  • View on the north coast of Australia
    Artist William Westall
    National Library of Australia—138892744