The Life of Matthew Flinders

About this eBook

Author

Scott, Ernest, Sir, 1868-1939

Title

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

Credits

Produced by Sue Asscher

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7304

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7304

Release Date

August 29, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.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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