Narratives of expeditions [microform].

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Narratives of expeditions [microform].

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a) Narrative of a voyage by M. Flinders and G. Bass to Port Hacking in the Tom Thumb, 25 March - 1 April 1796. b) Narrative of an expedition to Furneaux's Islands on the coast of New South Wales in the Port Jackson colonial schooner Francis by Matthew Flinders, 2nd Lieutenant of H.M.S. Reliance, March 1798 - Manuscript copy made May 1877 by W. Flinders Petrie, on presenting the original to the Melbourne Public Library.

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Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814

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Flinders was a captain in the navy, hydrographer and discoverer. On 24 Jan. 1801 he was given command of HM Sloop Investigator, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of Commander, for the purpose of surveying the coast of Australia. He received his sailing orders on 17.7.1801 and reached Australia on 6.12.1801. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1801. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225710813 ...

Petrie, W.M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942

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English author and Egyptologist. From the description of W.M. Flinders Petrie Letters, 1883-1884. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 33347177 W.M. Flinders Petrie was born in Kent, educated at home by his well-educated parents, and showed an interest in antiquities. He began his career with studies of English sites, notably Stonehenge, 1880, then went to Egypt where he became the major figure in exploration of the pyramids. He was Professor of Egyptology at the University...

Francis (Ship)

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Tom Thumb (Boat)

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Bass, George, 1771-1803

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Matthew Flinders and George Bass set out from Port Jackson on 7 October 1798 in the sloop 'Norfolk', accompanied by the private vessel 'Nautilus' (Captain Bishop, Supercargo Roger Simpson), to circumnavigate Van Diemens Land. They reached Twofold Bay on 9 October, and spent four days surveying the bay. The Medical notebook listing ailments and treatments, including medical references is said to have belonged to D'Arcy Wentworth, however there is some doubt about this att...