Bibliograph

Matthew Flinders, adventures on leaky ships, Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock

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Matthew Flinders, adventures on leaky ships, Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Matthew Flinders

Responsibility statement

Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock

Sub title

adventures on leaky ships

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

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