The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
by Ernest Scott
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- THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MATTHEW FLINDERS, R.N. BY ERNEST SCOTT
- PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE AUTHOR OF "TERRE NAPOLEON" AND "LIFE OF LAPEROUSE" WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND FACSIMILES.
- SYDNEY ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD. 89 CASTLEREAGH STREET 1914.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHRONOLOGY.
- THE LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS.
- CHAPTER 1. BIRTH AND ORIGINS.
- CHAPTER 2. AT SCHOOL AND AT SEA.
- CHAPTER 3. A VOYAGE UNDER BLIGH.
- CHAPTER 4. THE BATTLE OFF BREST.
- CHAPTER 5. AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY BEFORE FLINDERS.
- CHAPTER 6. THE RELIANCE AND THE TOM THUMB.
- CHAPTER 7. THE DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT.
- CHAPTER 8. THE VOYAGE OF THE FRANCIS.
- CHAPTER 9. CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF TASMANIA.
- CHAPTER 10. THE FATE OF GEORGE BASS.
- CHAPTER 11. ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST.
- CHAPTER 12. THE INVESTIGATOR.
- CHAPTER 13. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION.
- CHAPTER 14. SOUTH COAST DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER 15. FLINDERS AND BAUDIN IN ENCOUNTER BAY.
- CHAPTER 16. FLINDERS IN PORT PHILLIP.
- CHAPTER 17. THE FRENCH AT PORT JACKSON: PERON THE SPY.
- CHAPTER 18. AUSTRALIA CIRCUMNAVIGATED.
- CHAPTER 19. THE CALAMITY OF WRECK REEF.
- CHAPTER 20. TO ILE-DE-FRANCE IN THE CUMBERLAND.
- CHAPTER 21. GENERAL DECAEN.
- CHAPTER 22. THE CAPTIVITY.
- CHAPTER 23. THE CAPTIVITY PROLONGED.
- CHAPTER 24. THE CAPTIVITY MODIFIED.
- CHAPTER 25. THE ORDER OF RELEASE.
- CHAPTER 26. THE RELEASE.
- CHAPTER 27. LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF FLINDERS.
- CHAPTER 28. CHARACTERISTICS.
- CHAPTER 29. THE NAVIGATOR.
- CHAPTER 30. THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA.
- APPENDICES.
- APPENDIX A.
- BAUDIN'S ACCOUNT OF ENCOUNTER BAY.
- APPENDIX B. PERON'S REPORT ON PORT JACKSON.
- APPENDIX C. NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS TO IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN COASTAL FEATURES.
- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- INDEX.
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