Australia Circumnavigated. The Voyage of Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator, 1801-1803 / Volume I: The Voyage of Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigato

by Kenneth Morgan

This two-volume work provides the first edited publication of Matthew Flinders's fair journals from the circumnavigation of Australia in 1801-1803 in HMS Investigator, and of the 'Memoir' he wrote to accompany his journals and charts. These are among the most important primary texts in Australian maritime history and European voyaging in the Pacific. Flinders was the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia. He was also largely responsible for giving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032294280
• ISBN13: 9781032294285
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Hakluyt Society
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"