"A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2" by Matthew Flinders is a historical narrative that chronicles the author's journey around the Australian coast in the early 1800s. Serving as a comprehensive record of the voyage aboard the Investigator from 1801 to 1803, the story is built around detailed firsthand encounters with indigenous peoples, geographic discoveries, and accounts of difficult oceanic crossings. Flinders describes preparing his crew and ship, meticulously mapping various areas, and providing observations on the landscapes, flora and fauna that he encountered. The narrative is driven by adventure, scientific curiosity, and the desire to chart unknown territories.
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 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 a perilous sea journey where a captain navigates uncharted waters, interacts with native people, and meticulously maps the vast, unexplored Australian coastline.
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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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