• Title
  Letter from Matthew Flinders to Philip Gidley King, Timor, 12 November 1803, and concluded from Mauritius, 8 August 1804 / Matthew Flinders
• Creator
  Philip Gidley King, 1758-1808
• Call number
  SAFE/MLMSS 2592 (Safe 1/108)
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1803-1804
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  456906
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 2160, frames 24-32 (MLMSS 2592/1; filed at Safe 1/108).
  Photocopy : MLMSS 2592/2
  Microfilm : negative microfilm at MAV/FM3/904.
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 portfolio and 1 folder) - manuscript - 25.3 x 39.0 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  Autograph letter signed by Matthew Flinders, written from Coepang [Coupang] Bay, Timor, and Mauritius. The letter describes the voyage on the schooner Cumberland, 12 Oct.-10 Nov. 1803, from the Great Barrier Reef through Torres Strait to Coupang, and discusses the possibility of obtaining from the islands, cattle for New South Wales. Flinders then describes the rest of the voyage to Mauritius, how on the 16th Dec. 1803 he was taken prisoner by the French, and how he was subsequently treated as a prisoner.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814
  
• Name
  Cumberland (Schooner)
  
• Subject
  Explorers--Australia.
  Voyages and travels--19th century.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19697828

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