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Abridged narrative of a Voyage of discovery to Australia

SubjectAustralia–Discovery and exploration
Voyages and travels
Discovery and exploration
Shipping
French language–Writing
Category1. Settlement
PersonFlinders, Matthew
Current HolderState Library of South Australia
Period Of Reference 1801/1801
Series NumberPRG 17/15 microfilm (restricted) Reel 2, 3
Item Numberb2189912
Access RightsRequest at location
Rights Written permission required – apply to State Library of SA for details
Country Of OriginAustralia
Language French
Description From Source2 cm, Microfilm 35mm, Available only on microfilm (reels); RESTRICTED MICROFILM; Ask at Desk Abridged narrative of a Voyage of discovery to Australia performed in ‘H.M.S. Investigator’ 1801. Inscribed ‘To Rev. William Tyler with respectful and affectionate regards of the son-in-law, the Author’. This series continues on Reel 3 with the following documents: Copy in French of the Abridged narrative, and account of Flinders’ imprisonment on the Isle de France, written in French by Flinders himself, in the sixth year of his captivity; Rough voyage continued, ‘At the head of the Gulph (sic) of Carpentaria. Sweer’s Island to out of Blue Mud Bay. ‘List of Officers & Louieys’ embarked on board the Harriet cartel at the Isle of France, 13 June 1810 to go to India’ in front of volume); Rough copy of the Voyage Book II, Chapter VI continued, page 70-107; ‘Observations on the coasts of Van Diemen’s Land, on Bass’s Strait and its Islands and on parts of the coasts of New South Wales’ by Matthew Flinders (1801).
Physical FormatManuscripts
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/I8U7G974/
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