The Life Of Captain Matthew
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Author |
: Ernest Scott |
Publisher |
: Publio Kiadó Kft. |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
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: |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789633971536 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9633971535 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Captain Matthew by : Ernest Scott
Matthew Flinders was the third of the triad of great English sailors by whom the principal part of Australia was revealed. A poet of our own time, in a line of singular felicity, has described it as the "last sea-thing dredged by sailor Time from Space; "* (* Bernard O'Dowd, Dawnward, 1903.) and the piecemeal, partly mysterious, largely accidental dragging from the depths of the unknown of a land so immense and bountiful makes a romantic chapter in geographical history. All the great seafaring peoples contributed something towards the result. The Dutch especially evinced their enterprise in the pursuit of precise information about the southern Terra Incognita, and the nineteenth century was well within its second quarter before the name New Holland, which for over a hundred years had borne testimony to their adventurous pioneering, gave place in general and geographical literature to the more convenient and euphonious designation suggested by Flinders himself, Australia.* (* Not universally, however, even in official documents. In the Report of the Committee of the Privy Council, dated May 1, 1849, "New Holland" is used to designate the continent, but "Australia" is employed as including both the continent and Tasmania. See Grey's Colonial Policy 1 424 and 439.)
Author |
: Sir Ernest Scott |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 618 |
Release |
: 1914 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:B3821359 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. by : Sir Ernest Scott
Author |
: Ernest Scott |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 613 |
Release |
: 2011-12-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108040617 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108040616 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. by : Ernest Scott
This 1914 biography, based on thorough archival research, vividly describes the eventful life of the first navigator to circumnavigate Australia.
Author |
: Ernest Scott |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 665 |
Release |
: 2023-07-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783368364762 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3368364766 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by : Ernest Scott
Reproduction of the original.
Author |
: Sir Ernest Scott |
Publisher |
: Good Press |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2021-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: EAN:4066338098009 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Matthew Flinders by : Sir Ernest Scott
This is a biographical work on Matthew Flinders, an eighteenth-century English navigator who charted much of the Australian coast. It gives a wonderful insight into his life and achievements. Anyone who finds delight in reading about this period of history or the history of Australia will find a medium that will appeal to their needs in this work.
Author |
: Sir Ernest Scott |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 640 |
Release |
: 1914 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B58545 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. by : Sir Ernest Scott
Author |
: Ruth Taylor |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 114 |
Release |
: 2020-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1912678241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781912678242 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cat and the Captain by : Ruth Taylor
Does Matthew Flinders find fame and fortune? This intrepid explorer was the first man to chart the coast of Australia in 1801 accompanied by his mischievous but faithful cat, Trim. Faced with a leaking ship, stormy seas, sickness and an unknown land, Matthew and Trim overcame every obstacle, until they were finally shipwrecked on the Great Barrier Reef. Saved, they sailed on to Mauritius, only to be imprisoned by the French as spies. What was to become of them?
Author |
: Sir Ernest Scott |
Publisher |
: Good Press |
Total Pages |
: 516 |
Release |
: 2019-11-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: EAN:4057664588371 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by : Sir Ernest Scott
This book provides a glimpse into Australian history and maritime exploration. The book also gives an account of the life and accomplishments of one of Australia's greatest navigators. It covers Flinders' Flemish origins, education, naval career, and his most significant contributions to Australian geography and exploration, including his circumnavigation of Tasmania and the discovery of Bass Strait. In this book, the author's meticulous research is evident in his descriptions of Flinders' voyages, including encounters with Aboriginal peoples and other explorers such as George Bass and the French navigator Nicolas Baudin. With portraits, maps, and facsimiles, this book provides a look at Flinders' life and legacy.
Author |
: Matthew B Wills |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2013-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780752498645 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0752498649 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Highest Traditions of the Royal Navy by : Matthew B Wills
On 10 December 1941, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese bombers in the South China Sea. Amongst the several hundred men who went down with her was her Captain, John Leach, who had fought against frightful odds and to the very end made the best of an impossible situation with courage and calmness. He truly embodied 'the highest traditions of the Royal Navy'. Author Matthew B. Wills analyses the influences that shaped John Leach and led him ultimately to his heroic end: his time at Royal Naval College Osborne and Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth and his baptism of fire when he survived a direct shell hit to the bridge where he was standing. He describes Leach's role in command during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, during which the Prince of Wales inflicted damage on the Bismarck that contributed to her later destruction ̶ and then the ill-fated mission to Singapore as part of Force Z, an attempt to intercept Japanese landings in Malaya.
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: ICON Group International |
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: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Life of Captain Matthew Flinders (Webster's French Thesaurus Edition) by :