A Voyage to Terra Australis : Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Co...
A Voyage to Terra Australis : Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Co...
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. Volume 1 / Matthew Flinders. [electronic resource]
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Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1814.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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English
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1 online resource (508 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1814.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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England
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1814.
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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...
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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. Volume 1 / Matthew Flinders. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge library collection. Maritime Exploration
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English
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74VKaz0VExqO
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0-511-72238-9
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991024402506002626
