"A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1" by Matthew Flinders is a non-fiction book that describes a journey to explore and map the coasts of Australia in the early 1800s. The story begins with the purpose of the voyage, explaining the need to make better maps of the continent. Flinders' ship, the Investigator, sets sail, but the journey isn't easy, because the ship Porpoise is wrecked. He tells about issues they had, including being stuck in Mauritius. Throughout the difficulties, the mission goes on, with the crew learning about the land, the people who live there, and the challenges of sailing unknown waters. The book promises to reveal important exploration details and struggles faced along the way.
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner
By Matthew Flinders
Embark on an early 19th-century adventure to map Australia's unknown coasts, facing shipwrecks, imprisonment, and the trials of exploration.
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About the AuthorCaptain Matthew Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land, a title he regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis.
Captain Matthew Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land, a title he regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis.
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