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Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships / Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock.
Title:
Matthew Flinders : adventures on leaky ships / Carole Wilkinson ; illustrated by Prue Pittock.
Summary:
Matthew Flinders was a country boy who wanted to be a sailor. He lived at a time when ocean voyages took months, sometimes years. His life at sea was full of adventure and danger. He was the first to sail all the way around Australia. He drew the first complete map of the continent. Sailing was a dangerous business in Matthew's time that could end in shipwreck, disease or death. He wanted to make it safer for sailors by making his map as accurate as possible.
Author:
Wilkinson, Carole author
Format:
Books
Genre:
Biographies.
Subject Term:
Trim (Cat) -- Juvenile literature.

Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Explorers -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Geographic Term:
Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781742034935
Local Subject:
CBCA Shortlist 2021 ; Children's Book Council Australia

Shortlisted book for the Children’s Book of the Year Awards 2021.

Premier's Reading Challenge; PRC 2021; Year 3-5
Physical Description:
37 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 31 cm.
Target Audience:
Ages 7+.
Publication Date:
2020
Added Author:
Pittock, Prue
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