TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dooley,Gillian
TI  - Matthew Flinders: the man behind the map 
SN  - 9781743059203
AV  - DU115.2.F57 D66 2022
U1  - 910.92 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Mile End, South Australia
PB  - Wakefield Press
KW  - Flinders, Matthew,
KW  - History
KW  - thema
KW  - Scientists
KW  - England
KW  - Biography
KW  - Explorers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Australia
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Australian
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information); Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-236) and index
N2  - Born at the end of the Age of Enlightenment and growing up as Romanticism took hold of European culture, Matthew Flinders was the embodiment of these seemingly irreconcilable movements. His achievements as a navigator and leader are impressive, but he was much more than an action hero, idolised by generations of admirers. In Matthew Flinders: The Man Behind the Map Gillian Dooley looks to the primary sources to discover Flinders as a friend, a son, a brother, a father and a husband; as a writer, a researcher, a reader, and a musician - and above all as a romantic scientist
ER  -