Series 70: 'Engravings c for F's work', being correspondence and invoices concerning the publication...
Series 70: 'Engravings c for F's work', being correspondence and invoices concerning the publication of the voyage of HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders, 1811-1814
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When Matthew Flinders finally returned to England after circumnavigating the Australian continent, and six and a half years imprisonment on Mauritius, he faced the arduous task of preparing the account of his voyage for publication.
As with the publication of James Cook's third voyage, Sir Joseph Banks superintended the work of the engraver...
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Series 70: 'Engravings c for F's work', being correspondence and invoices concerning the publication of the voyage of HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders, 1811-1814
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The documents in this series were previously located at ML A79-5. These papers, purchased in 1884 from Lord Brabourne by Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, were transferred to the Mitchell Library in 1910. They were part of the accession which became known as the Brabourne collection.
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