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The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

by Ernest Scott

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Dedication — Chronology
  3. 3Chapter 1 — Birth and Origins
  4. 4Chapter 2 — At School and at Sea
  5. 5Chapter 3 — A Voyage Under Bligh
  6. 6Chapter 4 — The Battle Off Brest
  7. 7Chapter 5 — Australian Geography Before Flinders
  8. 8Chapter 6 — The Reliance and the Tom Thumb
  9. 9Chapter 7 — The Discovery of Bass Strait
  10. 10Chapter 8 — The Voyage of the Francis
  11. 11Chapter 9 — Circumnavigation of Tasmania
  12. 12Chapter 10 — The Fate of George Bass
  13. 13Chapter 11 — On the Queensland Coast
  14. 14Chapter 12 — The Investigator
  15. 15Chapter 13 — The French Expedition
  16. 16Chapter 14 — South Coast Discovery
  17. 17Chapter 15 — Flinders and Baudin in Encounter Bay
  18. 18Chapter 16 — Flinders in Port Phillip
  19. 19Chapter 17 — The French at Port Jackson: Peron the Spy
  20. 20Chapter 18 — Australia Circumnavigated
  21. 21Chapter 19 — The Calamity of Wreck Reef
  22. 22Chapter 20 — To Ile-de-France in the Cumberland
  23. 23Chapter 21 — General Decaen
  24. 24Chapter 22 — The Captivity
  25. 25Chapter 23 — The Captivity Prolonged
  26. 26Chapter 24 — The Captivity Modified
  27. 27Chapter 25 — The Order of Release
  28. 28Chapter 26 — The Release
  29. 29Chapter 27 — Last Years and Death of Flinders
  30. 30Chapter 28 — Characteristics
  31. 31Chapter 29 — The Navigator
  32. 32Chapter 30 — The Naming of Australia
  33. 33Appendices
  34. 34Appendix B. Peron’s Report on Port Jackson
  35. 35Appendix C | Names Given by Flinders to Important Australian Coasta…
  36. 36Bibliography

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