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, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator...(2 volumes)
London. G. And W. Nicol. 1814. 4to. Hardcover. Volume 1. pp ix, i-cciv, 269. Complete with 4 plates, some foxing. Original binding, but boards detached. Text book itself in good condition. Signature on title page of Samuel Ward Flinders, dated 1814. Samuel Flinders was the younger brother of author of this bpok, Matthew Flinders, the British navigator and explorer who accomplished the first in-shore circumnavigation of Australia, prior to his return to England in 1803. Matthew Flinders died in the same year of 1814. Samuel was on the same ship, the 'Investigator' that he brother commanded. A further signature, Emma Flinders is on the front end paper. Very Good. Item #020284
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