Flinders Matthew, Matthew Flinders

A Voyage to Terra Australis - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In volume 1, Flinders (1774 1814) provides an account of the charting of the south coast of Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 508
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1304g
• ISBN-13: 9781108018180
• ISBN-10: 1108018181
• Artikelnr.: 30363980

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Prior discoveries in Terra Australis
Book I. Transactions from the Beginning of the Voyage to the Departure from Port Jackson: 1. Appointment to the Investigator
2. Departure from Spithead
3. Departure from False Bay
4. Departure from King George's Sound
5. Fowler's Bay
6. Prosecution of the discovery of the unknown coast
7. Departure from Port Lincoln
8. Departure from Kangaroo Island
9. Examination of the coast resumed
10. Departure from Port Phillip
11. Of the winds and currents on the south coast of Terra Australis, and in Bass' Strait
Appendix.