Matthew Flinders by James D Mack

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Scratches to spine. Sunning to foredges. Interior and binding are still very good.

Biography of Matthew Flinders, British navigator and cartographer, who first circumnavigated Australia.

The book covers his voyages of discovery, detailed mapping of the Australian coast, and his imprisonment on Mauritius.

Part 1: The early years 1774-1800

Part 2: HM Sloop Investigator 1800-1803

Part 3: Frustration and Defeat 1803-1810

Part 4: The Final Period 1810-1814

Features maps, plates, and a bibliography, focusing on Flinders' scientific contributions, his maritime voyages, and his last will and testimony.

Part of the Great Australian Lives series.