[2][3] This voyage, to the Straits of Magellan and the coast of South America, was captained by Phillip Parker King.
[4] He collected many South American species for the Clapton Nursery in London on behalf of Hugh Low and John Bain Mackay including the following:[2] He also sent plant specimens to William Hooker at Glasgow University.
[2] On 25 August 1832, Anderson arrived in Sydney on the ship Brothers which had set out from Plymouth on 4 May.
[2][9] In 1835, he advertised seeds of 150 species of the "Flora of New South Wales" as well as 300 dried specimens for sale.
[12] Carex andersonii, a species that he collected at Port Famine on the Strait of Magellan, was named in his honour.