Letter from Matthew Flinders to Philip Gidley King, Timor, 12 November 1803, and concluded from Maur...
Letter from Matthew Flinders to Philip Gidley King, Timor, 12 November 1803, and concluded from Mauritius, 8 August 1804 / Matthew Flinders
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1803-1804
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SAFE/MLMSS 2592 (Safe 1/108)
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 portfolio and 1 folder) - 25.3 x 39.0 cm - manuscript
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Microfilm : CY 2160, frames 24-32 (MLMSS 2592/1; filed at Safe 1/108).
Photocopy : MLMSS 2592/2
Microfilm : negative microfilm at MAV/FM3/904.
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Autograph letter signed by Matthew Flinders, written from Coepang [Coupang] Bay, Timor, and Mauritius. The letter describes the voyage on the schooner Cumberland, 12 Oct.-10 Nov. 1803, from the Great Barrier Reef through Torres Strait to Coupang, and discusses the possibility of obtaining from the islands, cattle for New South Wales. Flinders then...
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Letter from Matthew Flinders to Philip Gidley King, Timor, 12 November 1803, and concluded from Mauritius, 8 August 1804 / Matthew Flinders
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SAFE/MLMSS 2592 (Safe 1/108)
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nM7lw4ZY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lw4ZY
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456906
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