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The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott. Contains the full illustrations of the original. Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was a distinguished navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent. Within his... Read Full Overview

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Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) joined the Royal Navy at fifteen, later claiming to have been inspired by Robinson Crusoe. He served under William Bligh, and charted the Bass Strait in 1798. In 1801 he was commissioned to chart 'New Holland', and so became the first to circumnavigate... Read Full Overview

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The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders is a biography written by Ernest Scott. The book chronicles the life of Matthew Flinders, a British navigator and cartographer who is credited with circumnavigating Australia and mapping its coastline. Flinders was born in 1774 and joined... Read Full Overview

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders is a biography written by Ernest Scott that chronicles the life and achievements of Captain Matthew Flinders. Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer who is best known for his exploration of Australia and its coastline in the late... Read Full Overview

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders is a biographical book written by Ernest Scott that chronicles the life of Matthew Flinders, an English navigator and cartographer who is best known for circumnavigating Australia and popularizing the name ""Australia"" for the continent... Read Full Overview

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The Life Of Captain Matthew Flinders is a biography written by Ernest Scott about the life of the famous British navigator and cartographer, Captain Matthew Flinders. The book covers Flinders' life from his birth in 1774 to his death in 1814, and details his many voyages and... Read Full Overview

"The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders" from Ernest Scott. Australian historian and professor of history (1867-1939).

Presenting a biography of the illustrious navigator Matthew Flinders, this work is timed to coincide with the bicentenary of the commencement of his voyage on the Investigator, which resulted in the first recorded circumnavigation of the Australian continent.

The life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N (1914). This book, "The life of Captain Matthew Flinders", by Ernest Scott, is a replication of a book originally published before 1914. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to... Read Full Overview