My Love Must Wait

The Stories of Matthew Flinders

by Ernestine Hill

Angus and Robertson, 1942, hardcover

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners gift inscriptions and details on front endpaper (see photographs)

“When Matthew Flinders, the first man to chart and circumnavigate Australia, set sail from England in July 1801, he left behind the intrigues of his homeland but also his young bride of only a few weeks, Ann Chappell. He didn′t see her again for more than nine years. During that time he carried out incredible feats of seamanship and navigation, made the first charts of much of the coastline of Australia, and was shipwrecked and later held prisoner by the French on Mauritius.”

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