- Title
- 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, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner : with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island
- Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, creator
Brown, Robert, 1773-1858
Westall, William, 1781-1850
Pye, John, 1745-
Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852
Scott, John, 1774-1827 - by Matthew Flinders, commander of the Investigator.
- 1814
- England
London - Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. , Cleveland-Row
and published by G. & W. Nicol, Booksellers to his Majesty, Pall-Mall - 2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm. + 1 atlas ([39] leaves : ill., 16 maps ; 65 cm.)
- English
- Exploration literature.
Illustrated works-England-19th century.
Gold tooled bindings (Binding)-England-London-19th century.
Turn-ins (Binding)-England-London-19th century.
Binders' tickets (Binding)-England-London-19th century.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)-England-19th century. - Books and documents
- Vol. 1. Appendix: Account of the observations by which the longitudes of places on the south coast of Terra Australis have been settled (p. 255-269) -- V. 2. Appendix. No. 1. Account of the observations by which the longitudes of places on the east and north coasts of Terra Australis have been settled (p. 498-511) -- No. 2. On the errors of the compass arising from attractions within the ship, and others from the magnetism of the land, with precautions for obviating their effects in marine surveying (p. 512-532) -- No. 3. General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the botany of Terra Australis / Robert Brown ..., naturalist to the voyage (p. 533-591) -- List of plants (p. 592-594) -- Descriptions of plants figured in the atlas (p. 595-613).
- Flinders, Matthew
Cumberland (Ship)
Investigator (Ship)
Porpoise (Ship)
Voyages and travels
Australia--Discovery and exploration--British
Expeditions--history - Includes bibliographical references.
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- DU99 .F62
- Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Botany Libraries, Harvard University - 990050777100203941
- Title
- 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, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner : with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island
- Creator / Contributor
- Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, creator
Brown, Robert, 1773-1858
Westall, William, 1781-1850
Pye, John, 1745-
Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852
Scott, John, 1774-1827 - Attribution
- by Matthew Flinders, commander of the Investigator.
- Date
- 1814
- Place of Origin
- England
London - Publisher
- Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. , Cleveland-Row
and published by G. & W. Nicol, Booksellers to his Majesty, Pall-Mall - Extent
- 2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm. + 1 atlas ([39] leaves : ill., 16 maps ; 65 cm.)
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Exploration literature.
Illustrated works-England-19th century.
Gold tooled bindings (Binding)-England-London-19th century.
Turn-ins (Binding)-England-London-19th century.
Binders' tickets (Binding)-England-London-19th century.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)-England-19th century. - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Contents
- Vol. 1. Appendix: Account of the observations by which the longitudes of places on the south coast of Terra Australis have been settled (p. 255-269) -- V. 2. Appendix. No. 1. Account of the observations by which the longitudes of places on the east and north coasts of Terra Australis have been settled (p. 498-511) -- No. 2. On the errors of the compass arising from attractions within the ship, and others from the magnetism of the land, with precautions for obviating their effects in marine surveying (p. 512-532) -- No. 3. General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the botany of Terra Australis / Robert Brown ..., naturalist to the voyage (p. 533-591) -- List of plants (p. 592-594) -- Descriptions of plants figured in the atlas (p. 595-613).
- Subjects
- Flinders, Matthew
Cumberland (Ship)
Investigator (Ship)
Porpoise (Ship)
Voyages and travels
Australia--Discovery and exploration--British
Expeditions--history - Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Series
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- Classification
- DU99 .F62
- Repository
- Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Botany Libraries, Harvard University - Record ID
- 990050777100203941
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