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The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Table of Contents The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders....................................................................................................................1 Ernest Scott....................................................................................................................................................1 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................2 CHAPTER 1. BIRTH AND ORIGINS........................................................................................................13 CHAPTER 2. AT SCHOOL AND AT SEA................................................................................................17 CHAPTER 3. A VOYAGE UNDER BLIGH..............................................................................................24 CHAPTER 4. THE BATTLE OFF BREST.................................................................................................28 CHAPTER 5. AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY BEFORE FLINDERS.......................................................37 CHAPTER 6. THE RELIANCE AND THE TOM THUMB......................................................................42 CHAPTER 7. THE DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT...............................................................................50 CHAPTER 8. THE VOYAGE OF THE FRANCIS....................................................................................59 CHAPTER 9. CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF TASMANIA.........................................................................63 CHAPTER 10. THE FATE OF GEORGE BASS.......................................................................................68 CHAPTER 11. ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST....................................................................................73 CHAPTER 12. THE INVESTIGATOR......................................................................................................75 CHAPTER 13. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION...........................................................................................89 CHAPTER 14. SOUTH COAST DISCOVERY.........................................................................................91 CHAPTER 15. FLINDERS AND BAUDIN IN ENCOUNTER BAY.......................................................98 CHAPTER 16. FLINDERS IN PORT PHILLIP.......................................................................................102 CHAPTER 17. THE FRENCH AT PORT JACKSON: PERON THE SPY.............................................107 CHAPTER 18. AUSTRALIA CIRCUMNAVIGATED...........................................................................114 CHAPTER 19. THE CALAMITY OF WRECK REEF............................................................................122 CHAPTER 20. TO ILE−DE−FRANCE IN THE CUMBERLAND.........................................................127 CHAPTER 21. GENERAL DECAEN.......................................................................................................130 CHAPTER 22. THE CAPTIVITY.............................................................................................................135 CHAPTER 23. THE CAPTIVITY PROLONGED...................................................................................146 CHAPTER 24. THE CAPTIVITY MODIFIED........................................................................................150 CHAPTER 25. THE ORDER OF RELEASE...........................................................................................154 CHAPTER 26. THE RELEASE................................................................................................................158 CHAPTER 27. LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF FLINDERS................................................................163 CHAPTER 28. CHARACTERISTICS......................................................................................................167 CHAPTER 29. THE NAVIGATOR..........................................................................................................171 CHAPTER 30. THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA...................................................................................174 APPENDICES...........................................................................................................................................177 APPENDIX B. PERON'S REPORT ON PORT JACKSON.....................................................................179 APPENDIX C. NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS TO IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN COASTAL FEATURES..............................................................................................................................................191 TOM THUMB VOYAGE, WITH BASS:.................................................................................................191 BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................................................................................................................193 i The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • PREFACE. • CHAPTER 1. BIRTH AND ORIGINS. • CHAPTER 2. AT SCHOOL AND AT SEA. • CHAPTER 3. A VOYAGE UNDER BLIGH. • CHAPTER 4. THE BATTLE OFF BREST. • CHAPTER 5. AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY BEFORE FLINDERS. • CHAPTER 6. THE RELIANCE AND THE TOM THUMB. • CHAPTER 7. THE DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT. • CHAPTER 8. THE VOYAGE OF THE FRANCIS. • CHAPTER 9. CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF TASMANIA. • CHAPTER 10. THE FATE OF GEORGE BASS. • CHAPTER 11. ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST. • CHAPTER 12. THE INVESTIGATOR. • CHAPTER 13. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION. • CHAPTER 14. SOUTH COAST DISCOVERY. • CHAPTER 15. FLINDERS AND BAUDIN IN ENCOUNTER BAY. • CHAPTER 16. FLINDERS IN PORT PHILLIP. • CHAPTER 17. THE FRENCH AT PORT JACKSON: PERON THE SPY. • CHAPTER 18. AUSTRALIA CIRCUMNAVIGATED. • CHAPTER 19. THE CALAMITY OF WRECK REEF. • CHAPTER 20. TO ILE−DE−FRANCE IN THE CUMBERLAND. • CHAPTER 21. GENERAL DECAEN. • CHAPTER 22. THE CAPTIVITY. • CHAPTER 23. THE CAPTIVITY PROLONGED. • CHAPTER 24. THE CAPTIVITY MODIFIED. • CHAPTER 25. THE ORDER OF RELEASE. • CHAPTER 26. THE RELEASE. • CHAPTER 27. LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF FLINDERS. • CHAPTER 28. CHARACTERISTICS. • CHAPTER 29. THE NAVIGATOR. • CHAPTER 30. THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA. • APPENDICES. • APPENDIX B. PERON'S REPORT ON PORT JACKSON. • APPENDIX C. NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS TO IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN COASTAL FEATURES. • TOM THUMB VOYAGE, WITH BASS: • BIBLIOGRAPHY. Produced by Sue Asscher THE LIFE OF The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders 1 The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders CAPTAIN MATTHEW FLINDERS, R.N. BY ERNEST SCOTT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE AUTHOR OF TERRE NAPOLEON AND LIFE OF LAPEROUSE WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND FACSIMILES. PREFACE. The subject of this book died one hundred years ago. Within his forty years of life, he discovered a very large area of what is now an important region of the earth; he participated in stirring events which are memorable in modern history; he applied a vigorous and original mind to the advancement of knowledge, with useful results; and he was the victim of circumstances which, however stated, were peculiarly unfortunate, and must evoke the sympathy of everyone who takes the trouble to understand them. His career was crowded with adventures: war, perilous voyages, explorations of unknown coasts, encounters with savages, shipwreck and imprisonment are the elements which go to make up his story. He was, withal, a downright Englishman of exceptionally high character, proud of his service and unsparing of himself in the pursuit of his duty. Yet up to this time his biography has not been written. There are, it is true, outlines of his career in various works of reference, notably that contributed by Sir J.K. Laughton to the Dictionary of National Biography. But there is no book to which a reader can turn for a fairly full account of his achievements, and an estimate of his personality. Of all discoverers of leading rank Matthew Flinders is the only one about whom there is no ample and convenient record. This book endeavours to fill the gap. The material upon which it is founded is set forth in the footnotes and the bibliography. Here the author takes pleasure in acknowledging the assistance he has received from several quarters. A previous book brought him the acquaintance of the grand−nephew of that Comte de Fleurieu who largely inspired three famous French voyages to Australiathose of Laperouse, Dentrecasteaux and Baudinall of which have an important bearing upon the subject. The Comte A. de Fleurieu had long been engaged in collecting material relative to the work and influence of his distinguished grand−uncle, and in the most generous manner he handed over to the author his very large collection of manuscripts and note−books to be read, noted, and used at discretion. Even when a historian does not actually quote or directly use matter bearing upon his subject, it is of immense advantage to have access to documents which throw light upon it, and which enable an in−and−out knowledge of a period and persons to be obtained. This book owes much of whatever value it may possess to monsieur de Fleurieu's assistance in this respect, and the author thanks him most warmly. The Flinders papers, of which free use has been made, were presented to the Melbourne Public Library by Professor W.M. Flinders Petrie. They are described in the bibliography. The transcripts of family and personal documents were especially valuable. Although
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