The Naval Pioneers of Australia eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 250 pages of information about The Naval Pioneers of Australia.

The Naval Pioneers of Australia eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 250 pages of information about The Naval Pioneers of Australia.

  Eagle, 45, 93. 
  East Indies, 71. 
  Edwards, Captain, 229, 245;
    his treatment of the mutineers of the Bounty, 230-232. 
  Ellis, Mr. W., 70. 
  Elphinstone, 229. 
  Encounter Bay, 184.
  Endeavour, 48, 52, 179;
    sketch of the vessel, 53;
    its condition, 60;
    goes ashore on the Barrier Reef, 60. 
  Endeavour River, 63.
  Endragt, 8. 
  England, state of the navy, 22.
  Esmeralda, 241. 
  Etheridge, Mr., 166.
  Europe, 76, 137. 
  Evans, 292. 
  Evelyn, John, extract from, on Captain Dampier, 18. 
  Everard, Cape, 57. 
  Everett, Captain Michael, 75. 
  Exmouth Gulf, 16.

  Falconer, 92. 
  Falkland Islands, discovery of, 50. 
  Fish, Rev. Lancelot J., 90. 
  Fitzmaurice, Lieutenant, 181. 
  Fitzroy, 291. 
  Flattery, Cape, 63. 
  Flinders, Matthew, 59, 105, 279, 284, 286;
    his work of surveying, 167;
    early career, 168;
    joins the Reliance, 169;
    discoveries, 170, 176, 177, 178, 184;
    in command of the Norfolk, 177;
    return to England, 178, 182;
    on the circumnavigation of Van Diemen’s Land, 182;
    in command of the Investigator, 182;
    charts of the coast, 184;
    on board the Porpoise, 186;
    wrecked, 187-192;
    reaches Sydney, 192;
    at Wreck Reef, 196;
    his description of the Cumberland, 197;
    letter to Governor King on being taken prisoner, 198-201;
    tyranny of General de Caen, 202;
    imprisonment, 203;
    letters to Sir J. Banks, 204-206, 212, 213;
      to General de Caen, 208, 209;
    obtains his freedom, 215;
    arrives in England, 216;
    Account of a Voyage to Terra Australia, 216;
    his daughter, 217. 
  Flinders, Samuel, 169, 183. 
  Flinders, Mrs., 210.
  Fly, 291. 
  Folger, Matthew, 233. 
  Forwood, 65. 
  Foveaux, Lieutenant-Colonel, 268. 
  Fowler, Lieutenant, 186, 189.
  Francis, 176, 194, 196, 197, 293. 
  Franklin, John, 183. 
  Frazer, Harriet, 119. 
  Freycinet, De, 8. 
  Frobisher, extract from, on Australia, 3. 
  Fryer, John, 223, 224, 225, 243. 
  Funnel, in command of the Cinque Ports, 43. 
  Furneaux, Captain, 173, 174. 
  Furneaux group, 177.

Gambia, 241.  Garden Island, 294.  Gascoyne division, 38.  George, St., 42.  George, III., anniversary of his birthday, 283. Geographe, 160, 200, 286.  Gerald, 165.  Gilbert, Captain, his duel with Lieutenant MacArthur, 125. Glatton, H.M.S., 163, 244, note, 249.  Good Hope, Cape of, 68, 71, 95, 102, 105, 216. Gorgon, 143. Grampus, 92.  Grant, Lieutenant James, 280;
  in command of the Lady Nelson, 281;
his Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, 281;
instructions, 281;
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