Terra Australis
matthew flinders' great adventures in the circumnavigation of australia
$17.09
- Paperback
282 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2012
Summary
Terra Australis: Matthew Flinders’ Epic Voyage of Discovery
First published in two-volumes in 1814, this is the enthralling account of the circumnavigation of Australia, by the man who gave our country its name.
Edited and introduced by Tim Flannery, Terra Australis is a vital step toward a new understanding of our own history. Flinders tells of meeting and communicating with Aborigines, of the scrub and wilderness. His descriptions of the difficulties that he and his sailor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921922404 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921922400 |
| Series: | Text Classics |
| Author: | Matthew Finders |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | Text Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 282 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 197mm x 132mm |
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About The Author
Matthew Finders
Matthew Flinders was born in England in 1774. In 1789, defying his father’s wishes that he enter the field of medicine, Flinders volunteered his services to the British Navy. He became the greatest early navigator of Australia, and explored the Australian coastline with George Bass in his eight-foot long vessel Tom Thumb and later Tom Thumb II. His account of his journeys, A Voyage to Terra Australis, is one of the great achievements of our literature.
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