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BL
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969484
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b723854
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| Main Entry
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Estensen, Miriam.
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| Title & Author
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The life of Matthew Flinders /\ Miriam Estensen.
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| Publication Statement
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Crows Nest, NSW :: Allen & Unwin,, 2002.
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1 online resource (xvi, 538 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1741150000
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: 1741155339
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: 9781741150001
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: 9781741155334
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-513) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conversions; Illustrations -- removed due to copyright issues; Glossary; Maps; 1 From the Fens to the Sea; 2 The Voyage with Bligh; 3 War; 4 The Colony of New South Wales; 5 The Tom Thumb Adventures; 6 'No Ship Ever Went to Sea So Much Lumber'D; 7 Van Diemen's Land -- An Island?; 8 Colonial Affairs; 9 'Sea, I Am Thy Servent'; 10 North on the East Coast, 1799; 11 'If Adverse Fortune Does Not Oppose Me, I Will Succeed'; 12 Enlightenment and Exploration; 13 'A Ship Is Fitting Out For Me'; 14 A Possibility of Marriage; 15 The Voyage Out.
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| Abstract
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The compelling story of the life and times of Matthew Flinders, one of Australia's - and history's - greatest explorers. From the author of Discovery.
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Flinders, Matthew,1774-1814.
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Flinders, Matthew,1774-1814.
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Explorers-- Great Britain, Biography.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Explorers.
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Australia, Discovery and exploration.
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Australia.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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994.02
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| LC Classification
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DU115.2.F57E87 2002eb
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| Parallel Title
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Matthew Flinders
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