Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHRONOLOGY
- THE LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
- CHAPTER I BIRTH AND ORIGINS
- CHAPTER II AT SCHOOL AND AT SEA
- CHAPTER III A VOYAGE UNDER BLIGH
- CHAPTER IV THE BATTLE OFF BREST
- CHAPTER V AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY BEFORE FLINDERS
- CHAPTER VI THE RELIANCE AND THE TOM THUMB
- CHAPTER VII THE DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT
- CHAPTER VIII THE VOYAGE OF THE FRANCIS
- CHAPTER IX CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF TASMANIA
- CHAPTER X THE FATE OF GEORGE BASS
- CHAPTER XI ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST
- CHAPTER XII THE INVESTIGATOR
- CHAPTER XIII THE FRENCH EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER XIV SOUTH COAST DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER XV FLINDERS AND BAUDIN IN ENCOUNTER BAY
- CHAPTER XVI FLINDERS IN PORT PHILLIP
- CHAPTER XVII THE FRENCH AT PORT JACKSON: PÉRON THE SPY
- CHAPTER XVIII AUSTRALIA CIRCUMNAVIGATED
- CHAPTER XIX WRECKED ON THE BARRIER REEF
- CHAPTER XX TO ILE-DE-FRANCE IN THE CUMBERLAND
- CHAPTER XXI GENERAL DECAEN
- CHAPTER XXII THE CAPTIVITY
- CHAPTER XXIII THE CAPTIVITY PROLONGED
- CHAPTER XXIV THE CAPTIVITY MODIFIED
- CHAPTER XXV THE ORDER OF RELEASE
- CHAPTER XXVI THE RELEASE
- CHAPTER XXVII LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XXVIII CHARACTERISTICS
- CHAPTER XXIX THE NAVIGATOR
- CHAPTER XXX THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA
- APPENDIX A BAUDIN'S NARRATIVE OF THE MEETING IN ENCOUNTER BAY
- APPENDIX B PÉRON'S REPORT ON PORT JACKSON
- APPENDIX C NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS TO AUSTRALIAN COASTAL FEATURES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
CHAPTER VIII - THE VOYAGE OF THE FRANCIS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHRONOLOGY
- THE LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
- CHAPTER I BIRTH AND ORIGINS
- CHAPTER II AT SCHOOL AND AT SEA
- CHAPTER III A VOYAGE UNDER BLIGH
- CHAPTER IV THE BATTLE OFF BREST
- CHAPTER V AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY BEFORE FLINDERS
- CHAPTER VI THE RELIANCE AND THE TOM THUMB
- CHAPTER VII THE DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT
- CHAPTER VIII THE VOYAGE OF THE FRANCIS
- CHAPTER IX CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF TASMANIA
- CHAPTER X THE FATE OF GEORGE BASS
- CHAPTER XI ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST
- CHAPTER XII THE INVESTIGATOR
- CHAPTER XIII THE FRENCH EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER XIV SOUTH COAST DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER XV FLINDERS AND BAUDIN IN ENCOUNTER BAY
- CHAPTER XVI FLINDERS IN PORT PHILLIP
- CHAPTER XVII THE FRENCH AT PORT JACKSON: PÉRON THE SPY
- CHAPTER XVIII AUSTRALIA CIRCUMNAVIGATED
- CHAPTER XIX WRECKED ON THE BARRIER REEF
- CHAPTER XX TO ILE-DE-FRANCE IN THE CUMBERLAND
- CHAPTER XXI GENERAL DECAEN
- CHAPTER XXII THE CAPTIVITY
- CHAPTER XXIII THE CAPTIVITY PROLONGED
- CHAPTER XXIV THE CAPTIVITY MODIFIED
- CHAPTER XXV THE ORDER OF RELEASE
- CHAPTER XXVI THE RELEASE
- CHAPTER XXVII LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XXVIII CHARACTERISTICS
- CHAPTER XXIX THE NAVIGATOR
- CHAPTER XXX THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA
- APPENDIX A BAUDIN'S NARRATIVE OF THE MEETING IN ENCOUNTER BAY
- APPENDIX B PÉRON'S REPORT ON PORT JACKSON
- APPENDIX C NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS TO AUSTRALIAN COASTAL FEATURES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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- The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. , pp. 123 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1914