The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N.
Author | : Sir Ernest Scott |
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Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Australia |
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Author | : Sir Ernest Scott |
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Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Australia |
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Author | : Sir Ernest Scott |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2019-11-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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This book provides a glimpse into Australian history and maritime exploration. The book also gives an account of the life and accomplishments of one of Australia's greatest navigators. It covers Flinders' Flemish origins, education, naval career, and his most significant contributions to Australian geography and exploration, including his circumnavigation of Tasmania and the discovery of Bass Strait. In this book, the author's meticulous research is evident in his descriptions of Flinders' voyages, including encounters with Aboriginal peoples and other explorers such as George Bass and the French navigator Nicolas Baudin. With portraits, maps, and facsimiles, this book provides a look at Flinders' life and legacy.
Author | : Ernest Scott |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 666 |
Release | : 2023-07-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3368364774 |
Reproduction of the original.
Author | : Ernest Scott |
Publisher | : Publio Kiadó Kft. |
Total Pages | : 282 |
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Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9633971535 |
Matthew Flinders was the third of the triad of great English sailors by whom the principal part of Australia was revealed. A poet of our own time, in a line of singular felicity, has described it as the "last sea-thing dredged by sailor Time from Space; "* (* Bernard O'Dowd, Dawnward, 1903.) and the piecemeal, partly mysterious, largely accidental dragging from the depths of the unknown of a land so immense and bountiful makes a romantic chapter in geographical history. All the great seafaring peoples contributed something towards the result. The Dutch especially evinced their enterprise in the pursuit of precise information about the southern Terra Incognita, and the nineteenth century was well within its second quarter before the name New Holland, which for over a hundred years had borne testimony to their adventurous pioneering, gave place in general and geographical literature to the more convenient and euphonious designation suggested by Flinders himself, Australia.* (* Not universally, however, even in official documents. In the Report of the Committee of the Privy Council, dated May 1, 1849, "New Holland" is used to designate the continent, but "Australia" is employed as including both the continent and Tasmania. See Grey's Colonial Policy 1 424 and 439.)
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Publisher | : ICON Group International |
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Author | : Ernest Scott |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781404388291 |
Author | : Ernest Scott |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781018536392 |
Author | : Ernest Scott |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2015-09-24 |
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ISBN | : 9781517517335 |
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott. Contains the full illustrations of the original. Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was a distinguished navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent. Within his forty years of life, he discovered a very large area of what is now an important region of the earth; he participated in stirring events which are memorable in modern history; he applied a vigorous and original mind to the advancement of knowledge, with useful results; and he was the victim of circumstances which, however stated, were peculiarly unfortunate, and must evoke the sympathy of everyone who takes the trouble to understand them. His career was crowded with adventures: war, perilous voyages, explorations of unknown coasts, encounters with savages, shipwreck and imprisonment are the elements which go to make up his story.
Author | : Ernest Scott |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781340952983 |
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Author | : Ernest Sir Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781986339872 |
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Sir Scott is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.