Matthew Flinders

The Navigator & Chartmaker who gave Australia its name
Two Volumes 1803-1814

Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Flinders sailed for home in the Porpoise but this ship was wrecked on an unknown reef. He returned to Port Jackson in a six-oared cutter: a remarkable voyage of 750 miles. Setting out again in a small schooner, the Cumberland, he put in to the enemy port of Mauritius for repairs. During Flinders' lengthy imprisonment there, Baudin's maps of the new continent were published, with French place-names for the southern features.

When Flinders was eventually released, the Admiralty soon replaced the French maps. Flinders' choice of 'Australia' for the name of the continent did not, however, come into general use until some time after his death.

Volume I features 'The Life of Flinders' by Geoffrey Ingleton; 468 pages, with 252 line illustrations and charts, 2 folding plates and 17 colour plates, including the stunning illustrations by Ferdinand Bauer.

Volume 2 is A facsimile of Flinders' Private Journal 1803-1814 from the manuscript held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. 550 sets, quarter-bound in goatskin and buckram, with slipcase; 366 pages. Size: 340mm x 240mm

ISBN (complete set) 0 904351 327
Price: £575/$975 plus shipping