Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-513) and index.
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Cover; Title page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conversions; Illustrations -- removed due to copyright issues; Glossary; Maps; 1 From the Fens to the Sea; 2 The Voyage with Bligh; 3 War; 4 The Colony of New South Wales; 5 The Tom Thumb Adventures; 6 'No Ship Ever Went to Sea So Much Lumber'D; 7 Van Diemen's Land -- An Island?; 8 Colonial Affairs; 9 'Sea, I Am Thy Servent'; 10 North on the East Coast, 1799; 11 'If Adverse Fortune Does Not Oppose Me, I Will Succeed'; 12 Enlightenment and Exploration; 13 'A Ship Is Fitting Out For Me'; 14 A Possibility of Marriage; 15 The Voyage Out.
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The compelling story of the life and times of Matthew Flinders, one of Australia's - and history's - greatest explorers. From the author of Discovery.