The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders the Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders is a biographical book written by Ernest Scott that chronicles the life of Matthew Flinders, an English navigator and cartographer who is best known for circumnavigating Australia and popularizing the name ""Australia"" for the continent. The book begins by detailing Flinders' early life and education before moving on to his naval career, including his time spent exploring the coasts of Australia and charting the continent's coastline. The author also delves into Flinders' personal life, including his marriage to Ann Chappelle and his struggles with illness and imprisonment during his later years. Throughout the book, Scott paints a vivid picture of Flinders' life and accomplishments, providing readers with a comprehensive look at one of the most important figures in Australian exploration and cartography.There never was, until Flinders applied himself to the task, any deliberately-planned, systematic, persistent exploration of any portion of the Australian coast. The continent grew on the map of the world gradually, slowly, almost accidentally. It emerged out of the unknown, like some vast mythical monster heaving its large shoulders dank and dripping from the unfathomed sea, and metamorphosed by a kiss from the lips of knowledge into a being fair to look upon and rich in kindly favours. It took two centuries and a half for civilised mankind to know Australia, even in form, from the time when it was clearly understood that there was such a country, until at length it was mapped, measured and circumnavigated.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.