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Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships / Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock.

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Wilkinson, Carole [author.]

Contributor(s):

Pittock, Prue [illustrator.]

Publication details: Abbotsford, Vic : Wild Dog, 2020.Edition: 1st editionDescription: 37 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 31 cmISBN:

9781742034935

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DDC classification:

910.994092 23

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.

List(s) this item appears in: Australian Children's Books

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item reserves
Book	Melbourne Athenaeum Library	Junior collection	910 WIL	Available		062667

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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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