Life of Matthew Flinders, The

AUSTRALIANA MARITIME

This is a new edition of a classic biography of Matthew Flinders, with an introduction by leading historian Stuart Macintyre. First published in 1914, this second edition is timed to coincide with the bicentenary of the commencement of his voyage on the Investigator, which resulted in his circumnavigation of Australia.

xvii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.  #240822

Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.  |  Explorers — Great Britain — Biography.  |  Australia — Discovery and exploration.

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