The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Flinders returned to England in the Reliance after having demonstrated that Van Diemen's Land was an island ; and ... Flinders permission to fit out the Investigator as he thought necessary ; 2 and she sailed in July 1801. On ...
... Flinders returned to England in the Reliance after having demonstrated that Van Diemen's Land was an island ; and ... Flinders permission to fit out the Investigator as he thought necessary ; 2 and she sailed in July 1801. On ...
Page 84
... Flinders Passage . But the work which he had hoped to do was cut short by the condition of the ship . " My leading object had been " , wrote Flinders , " to make so accurate an investigation of the shores of Terra Australis that no ...
... Flinders Passage . But the work which he had hoped to do was cut short by the condition of the ship . " My leading object had been " , wrote Flinders , " to make so accurate an investigation of the shores of Terra Australis that no ...
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... Flinders for six and a half years ; the period was lengthened through circumstances connected with the war . In 1806 Napoleon himself , persuaded by Bougainville , sent an order to Decaen directing him to restore to Captain Flinders his ...
... Flinders for six and a half years ; the period was lengthened through circumstances connected with the war . In 1806 Napoleon himself , persuaded by Bougainville , sent an order to Decaen directing him to restore to Captain Flinders his ...
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