The Resource Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships, Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock
Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships, Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock
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The item Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships, Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
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- Summary
- Matthew Flinders was a country boy who wanted to be a sailor. He lived at a time when ocean voyages took months, sometimes years. His life at sea was full of adventure and danger. He was the first to sail all the way around Australia. He drew the first complete map of the continent. Sailing was a dangerous business in Matthew's time that could end in shipwreck, disease or death. He wanted to make it safer for sailors by making his map as accurate as possible
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 37 pages
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Isbn
- 9781742034935
- Label
- Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships
- Title
- Matthew Flinders
- Title remainder
- adventures on leaky ships
- Statement of responsibility
- Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock
- Subject
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- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- trueExplorers -- Great Britain
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Juvenile literature
- Nonfiction
- trueOcean travel
- trueSailors
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueAustralia -- Exploration
- trueCartographers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Matthew Flinders was a country boy who wanted to be a sailor. He lived at a time when ocean voyages took months, sometimes years. His life at sea was full of adventure and danger. He was the first to sail all the way around Australia. He drew the first complete map of the continent. Sailing was a dangerous business in Matthew's time that could end in shipwreck, disease or death. He wanted to make it safer for sailors by making his map as accurate as possible
- Award
- Children's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Book, 2021.
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10897424
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilkinson, Carole
- Dewey number
- 910.994092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Pittock, Prue
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- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Flinders, Matthew
- Explorers
- Australia
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- adventures on leaky ships
- Label
- Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships, Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
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- Dimensions
- 31 cm.
- Extent
- 37 pages
- Isbn
- 9781742034935
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships, Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 31 cm.
- Extent
- 37 pages
- Isbn
- 9781742034935
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
- trueExplorers -- Great Britain
- Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 -- Juvenile literature
- Nonfiction
- trueOcean travel
- trueSailors
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueAustralia -- Exploration
- trueCartographers
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