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FLINDERS, Matthew (1774-1814). [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]. London: published by G. and W. Nicol, 1814.
Atlas volume only, large 2° (730 x 500mm). 28 engraved charts and plates (comprising a general map of Australia, 15 detailed charts of the coastlines of Gulf of Carpentaria, New South Wales, and the southern coasts, 9 double-page, 10 botanical plates after Ferdinand Bauer and 2 double-page coastal profiles), all on guards. (Occasional marginal soiling, some light offsetting.) Contemporary half calf (worn, section of spine lacking), uncut. Provenance: City of York Public Library (bookplate).
'Flinders was the first commander to circumnavigate the Australian continent, and the first to give it its present name. He surveyed the entire south coast from Cape Leeuwin to Bass Strait, the east coast, and the Gulf of Carpentaria.' Hill p.106.
Atlas volume only, large 2° (730 x 500mm). 28 engraved charts and plates (comprising a general map of Australia, 15 detailed charts of the coastlines of Gulf of Carpentaria, New South Wales, and the southern coasts, 9 double-page, 10 botanical plates after Ferdinand Bauer and 2 double-page coastal profiles), all on guards. (Occasional marginal soiling, some light offsetting.) Contemporary half calf (worn, section of spine lacking), uncut. Provenance: City of York Public Library (bookplate).
'Flinders was the first commander to circumnavigate the Australian continent, and the first to give it its present name. He surveyed the entire south coast from Cape Leeuwin to Bass Strait, the east coast, and the Gulf of Carpentaria.' Hill p.106.