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LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS

Malte-Brun, Annales des Voyages, 1810 and 1814. Interesting references to Flinders; biographical sketch in Vol. XXIII., 268.

Naval Chronicle, Vol. XXXII. (1814), contains a biography of Flinders, with portrait.

Paterson, G., History of New South Wales, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1811. Contains account of the early discoveries of Bass and Flinders.

Péron and Freycinet, Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, Paris, 1807 to 1817. Second edition, with additions by Freycinet, 1824. Very important, but the historical statements have to be checked by reference to Baudin's manuscript diary and letters (see reference to manuscripts above).

Scoresby, W., Journal of a Voyage to Australia for Magnetic Research, 2 vols., London, 1859. The introduction by A. Smith deals with Flinders' discoveries regarding variations of the compass.

Scott, Ernest, Terre Napoléon, London, 1910. Deals generally with French explorations in Australia and particularly with the work of Baudin and Flinders. See also the bibliography to that book.

Scott, Ernest, English and French Navigators on the Victorian Coast, with maps, etc., in the Victorian Historical Magazine, 1912.

Scott, Ernest, "Baudin's Voyage of Exploration to Australia," in English Historical Review, April, 1913.

Smith, E., Life of Sir Joseph Banks, London, 1911.

South Australian Geographical Society's Proceedings, 1912. Prints from Baudin's letter to Minister of Marine his account of the meeting with Flinders in Encounter Bay, and Decaen's statement of his reasons for detaining Flinders.

Picard, Ernest (editor), Memoires et Journaux du Général Decaen, 2 vols., Paris, 1911.