{"product_id":"the-life-of-captain-matthew-flinders-r-n-paperback-9781108040617","title":"The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108040617","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1914 biography, based on thorough archival research, vividly describes the eventful life of the first navigator to circumnavigate Australia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErnest Scott (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108040617, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e612 pages, 28 b\/w illus.  10 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMatthew 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 the island he referred to as Australia. After being shipwrecked on the Barrier Reef and imprisoned for six years on Mauritius on suspicion of spying, he returned to England in 1810 and began work on A Voyage to Terra Australis. He died the day after his book and maps were published. This biography, published in 1914 to mark the centenary of his death, was the first comprehensive study of this central figure of Australian maritime exploration. The leading Australian historian Ernest Scott (1868–1939) based his account on material held in private collections in France as well as on documents deposited in Australian libraries.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Birth and origins\u003cbr\u003e 2. At school and at sea\u003cbr\u003e 3. A voyage under Bligh\u003cbr\u003e 4. The battle off Brest\u003cbr\u003e 5. Australian geography before Flinders\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Reliance and the Tom Thumb\u003cbr\u003e 7. The discovery of Bass Strait\u003cbr\u003e 8. The voyage of the Francis\u003cbr\u003e 9. Circumnavigation of Tasmania\u003cbr\u003e 10. The fate of George Bass\u003cbr\u003e 11. On the Queensland Coast\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Investigator\u003cbr\u003e 13. The French expedition\u003cbr\u003e 14. South Coast discovery\u003cbr\u003e 15. Flinders and Baudin in Encounter Bay\u003cbr\u003e 16. Flinders in Port Phllip\u003cbr\u003e 17. The French at Port Jackson. Péron the spy\u003cbr\u003e 18. Australia circumnavigated\u003cbr\u003e 19. Wrecked on the Barrier Reef\u003cbr\u003e 20. To Ile-de-France in the Cumberland\u003cbr\u003e 21. General Decaen\u003cbr\u003e 22. The captivity\u003cbr\u003e 23. The captivity prolonged\u003cbr\u003e 24. The captivity modified\u003cbr\u003e 25. The order of release\u003cbr\u003e 26. The release\u003cbr\u003e 27. Last years and death of Flinders\u003cbr\u003e 28. Characteristics\u003cbr\u003e 29. The navigator\u003cbr\u003e 30. The naming of Australia\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266065092888,"sku":"9781108040617","price":42.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108040617i_f5641ba7-ae22-45fb-92e2-00a30227bca4.jpg?v=1696746455","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-captain-matthew-flinders-r-n-paperback-9781108040617","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}