A Voyage to Terra Australis : Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803

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Matthew Flinders' travel diaries provide a faithful account of the 1801 naval expedition that led to the first complete map outlining the Australian continent. The second volume includes an account of Flinders' imprisonment by the French in Mauritius, as well as a detailed appendix dedicated to his botanical discoveries.