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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/1/2
Former Reference	D3311/207
Title	"A Voyage to Terra Australis: Volume 2", by Matthew Flinders
Date	1814
Description	The voyage was "undertaken for the purpose of completeing the discovery of that vast country" in 1801-1803 in H.M.S. Investigator, the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner, with an account of shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius and imprisonment of the commander during six and a half years on the island. With appendix. 269 pages, with 9 page of title, dedicatees and preface, 9 pages of contents (volumes 1 and 2), and 204 pages of introduction. Size, 67cm x 30cm. Published by G. and W. Nicol, Pall Mall, London. Copy once belonged to Sir John Franklin.
Extent	1 large volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Ocean travel
	Explorers
	Arctic exploration
	Naval personnel
	Navy officers
	Sailors