Project Gutenberg 2004-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 156 Flinders, Matthew 1774 1814 A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner Reading ease score: 62.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Col Choat "A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1" by Matthew Flinders is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The work chronicles Flinders' voyage of exploration to the southern continent of Terra Australis, aiming to finalize the discoveries of Australia. It includes detailed observations of the coastlines, navigational challenges, and interactions with indigenous populations encountered during the journey. The opening of the narrative presents the background and motivations behind the voyage, which took place between 1801 and 1803 in the ship Investigator. Flinders outlines the purpose of the expedition in a preface, addressing the necessity of refining earlier exploration charts for accuracy. He also mentions the shipwreck of another vessel, the Porpoise, which leads into the account of the journey's trials—including a long imprisonment in Mauritius—and the scientific pursuits that accompanied the navigation of Australia's vast and largely uncharted coasts. Flinders sets the stage for a meticulous account of discoveries and challenges that await in the subsequent chapters of the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages and travels Australia -- Discovery and exploration DU G Text Australia Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 1034856 1033292 2024-10-06T05:22:57.000523 2023-10-06T07:10:01.264354 text/html text/html 1017736 2020-12-15T06:51:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1746649 2020-12-15T06:51:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1878768 2024-10-06T05:23:10.693954 application/epub+zip 1899150 2024-10-06T05:23:00.965503 application/epub+zip 438369 2024-10-06T05:22:59.441481 application/epub+zip 2272818 2024-10-06T05:23:17.771882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2262498 2024-10-06T05:23:09.655011 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676209 2022-09-06T23:16:03.307459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1011113 1011109 2024-10-06T05:22:55.453518 2023-10-06T07:09:59.962312 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1009087 2020-12-15T06:51:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 355323 2020-12-15T06:51:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1014867 2020-12-15T06:51:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 355433 2020-12-15T06:51:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22014 2024-10-06T05:23:17.912875 application/rdf+xml 17673 2024-10-06T05:23:00.016489 image/jpeg 4074 2024-10-06T05:22:59.728470 image/jpeg 1831852 2024-10-06T05:22:57.128500 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia