On 21 August 1881 Smith's yacht was nipped between pack ice and land floe off Cape Flora, sinking in two hours.
A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa.
Inferring from their faulty maps that the distances to each were about equal, they decided to try for the bigger depot at Cape Flora.
An Illustrated History of Early Botanical Literature on the Cape Flora.
The mountains are made predominantly of Table Mountain Sandstone and form some very rugged terrain, which is extremely rich in fynbos, the native Cape flora.
Jackson's party was based at Cape Flora on Northbrook Island, the southernmost island of the archipelago.
Johansen was soon picked up, and the pair were taken to Cape Flora where, during the following weeks, they recuperated from their ordeal.
The collection is highly representative of the Cape Flora and also houses a large number of type specimens.
British yachtsman and explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith was shipwrecked at Cape Flora in 1881.
Jackson was leading the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition, based at Cape Flora, when this meeting occurred, on 17 June 1896.