Abstract
We consider that the formative episode in the botanical career of Robert Brown (1773-1858) was the voyage to Australia as naturalist with Matthew Flinders (17741814). One outcome of the Investigator voyage (1801-1805) was that a truly vast natural history collection was made. Edwards (1976) notes that 3,600 plant specimens alone were landed in Liverpool in October 1805. Apparently, an equally enormous amount of written work was also produced. Curators of Brown's specimens have their
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