Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.n.

Klappentext This 1914 biography, based on thorough archival research, vividly describes the eventful life of the first navigator to circumnavigate Australia. Zusammenfassung This 1914 publication was the first comprehensive biography of Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia. The leading Australian historian Ernest Scott (1868–1939) drew both on material in private collections in France and on documents in Australian libraries to compile this vivid account of Flinders' eventful life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Birth and origins; 2. At school and at sea; 3. A voyage under Bligh; 4. The battle off Brest; 5. Australian geography before Flinders; 6. The Reliance and the Tom Thumb; 7. The discovery of Bass Strait; 8. The voyage of the Francis; 9. Circumnavigation of Tasmania; 10. The fate of George Bass; 11. On the Queensland Coast; 12. The Investigator; 13. The French expedition; 14. South Coast discovery; 15. Flinders and Baudin in Encounter Bay; 16. Flinders in Port Phllip; 17. The French at Port Jackson. Péron the spy; 18. Australia circumnavigated; 19. Wrecked on the Barrier Reef; 20. To Ile-de-France in the Cumberland; 21. General Decaen; 22. The captivity; 23. The captivity prolonged; 24. The captivity modified; 25. The order of release; 26. The release; 27. Last years and death of Flinders; 28. Characteristics; 29. The navigator; 30. The naming of Australia; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Scott, Scott Ernest
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108040617
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04061-7
• No. of pages: 612
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Biography: historical, political & military, Australia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Australasian & Pacific history, Geographical discovery and exploration, Australasian and Pacific history, Biography: adventurers and explorers