His continuing interest in botanical illustration led him to produce work on both historical[143] and contemporary artists,[144][145] including the Florilegium of Captain Cook and Joseph Banks from their first voyage (1768–1771) to the Pacific on the Endeavour,[146] the similar account of Ferdinand Bauer's later botanical expedition to Australia with Matthew Flinders on the Investigator (1801–1803),[147] and the work of illustrator Franz Bauer (the brother of Ferdinand).[148][149] Stearn's studies of Ferdinand Bauer's Flora Graeca (1806–1840) enabled him to combine his passion for Greece with that of illustration.[51][150] Other illustrators of this period that he wrote about included William Hooker.[151][12][lower-alpha 25]