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1814 - Chart of Terra Australis. Sheet II, East coast (Byron Bay , Brisbane )

Map maker	Size	Map ID	Condition
Matthew Flinders	410 x 590 mm	D1 / M358 / I332	Good condition mounted on canvas. Please contact us for a full condition report

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Offered here is the very rare and desirable first edition of Flinders exceptional and important chart, printed before the death of Flinders and before the admiralty would begin to publish the chart.

Flinders chart of what is today the northern region of the NSW's coast and Moreton Bay in Queensland shows the extent of Flinders achievement, though interestingly he does not recognise that Stradbroke in Moreton Bay is an island and instead charts it as a penisula. Flinders also did not explore the Brisbane River. Cape Byron (Byron Bay) and also Mt Warning are also noted on the chart.

Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an accomplished navigator and cartographer, having circumnavigated the Australian continent, proved that Tasmania was not joined to the mainland, and played a major part in the naming of Australia. Despite Flinders’ short life he accomplished some exceptional feats. His charts were of a particularly high standard and though published in 1814, many continued to be republished and used until recent years. Flinders’ most famous chart was of the Australian continent, published in 1814, which is famously named ‘General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia’. It was the first prominent chart to specifically label the continent as Australia. Sadly, Flinders journeys were marked by some disappointments including shipwrecks, poor vessels, and most notably his six year imprisonment by the French on Mauritius. His imprisonment meant that he was not the first to publish the newly discovered regions of Australia or a ‘complete’ map of the continent. However in 1814 shortly before his death his famous atlas was released with 16 charts detailing a majority of the Australian coastline.

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