The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

Detailing the life, accomplishments, battles and legacy of Captain Matthew Flinders, this volume was written by Sir Ernest Scott, a prominent historian and professor at the University of Melbourne in 1913. A great navigator and cartographer, Captain Matthew Flinders is a prominent figure in Australian history as he was the first to circumnavigate the continent and identify it as such. He is also credited with identifying Tasmania as an island, finding the Bass Strait and mapping the coastline of Australia (then New Holland), including the all-important Port Phillip, present-day Melbourne.