The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N.

Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Biography & Memoir

• Author: Ernest Scott
• ISBN: 1230000141267
• Publisher: VolumesOfValue
• Publication: June 12, 2013
• Language: English

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER 1. BIRTH AND ORIGINS.
CHAPTER 2. AT SCHOOL AND AT SEA.
CHAPTER 3. A VOYAGE UNDER BLIGH.
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CHAPTER 27. LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF FLINDERS.
CHAPTER 28. CHARACTERISTICS.
CHAPTER 29. THE NAVIGATOR.
CHAPTER 30. THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA.
APPENDIX A. BAUDIN'S NARRATIVE OF THE MEETING IN ENCOUNTER BAY.
APPENDIX B. PERON'S REPORT ON PORT JACKSON.
APPENDIX C. NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS TO AUSTRALIAN COASTAL FEATURES.

"Captain Matthew Flinders RN (1774 – 1814) was a distinguished navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent."--Wikipedia