Flinders Matthew, Matthew Flinders

A Voyage to Terra Australis - Volume 2

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume 2 provides an account of Flinders' captivity in Mauritius, as well as a detailed appendix on botanical discoveries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 630
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1609g
• ISBN-13: 9781108018197
• ISBN-10: 110801819X
• Artikelnr.: 30364336

Inhaltsangabe

Book II. Transactions during the Circumnavigation of Terra Australis, from the Time of Leaving Port Jackson to the Return to That Port: 1. Departure from Port Jackson, with the Lady Nelson
2. The Keppel Isles, and coast to Cape Manifold
3. Departure from Shoal-water Bay, and anchorage in Thirsty Sound
4. The Percy Isles
5. Passage from the Barrier Reefs to Torres' Strait
6. Examination of the coast on the east side of the Gulph of Carpentaria
7. Departure from Sweers' Island
8. Departure from Sir Edward Pellew's Group
9. Departure from Caledon Bay
10. Departure from Timor
11. Of the winds, currents, and navigation along the east coast of Terra Australis, both within and without the tropic
Book III. Occurrences from the Time of Quitting Port Jackson in 1803, to Arriving in England in 1810: 1. Departure from Port Jackson in the Porpoise, accompanied by the Bridgewater and Cato
2. Departure from Wreck-Reef Bank in a boat
3. Passage in the Cumberland in Torres' Strait
4. Arrival at Port Louis (or North-West) in Mauritius
5. Prisoners in the Maison Despeaux or Garden Prison
6. Parole given
7. Occupations at Vacouas
8. Effects of repeated disappointment on the mind
9. A prospect of liberty, which is officially confirmed
Appendix.