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A Voyage to Terra Australis - Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803 (Paperback)
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A Voyage to Terra Australis - Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 1
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In the early nineteenth century, Australia remained largely
uncharted, and doubt prevailed as to its unity as a continent. The
1801 expedition led by English mariner and cartographer Matthew
Flinders (1774-1814), on board the Investigator, was groundbreaking
in this respect. Flinders' charting of the Australian coastline
provided the first complete map outlining the continent, and his
influence was decisive in changing its name from Terra Australis to
Australia - a term 'more agreeable to the ear'. Structured around
daily geographical and astronomical observations, Flinders'
journals are remarkable for their humanity and their sense of
humour. Started in 1801, they continue to include Flinders'
imprisonment by the French in the island of Mauritius between 1803
and 1810. They were first published in 1814, the day before
Flinders' death. Volume 1 spans the first two years of the
expedition and focuses on the discoveries made along the south
coast of the continent.
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