Narrative of the Wreck of HMS Porpoise
Robert Purdie
The anonymous Narrative is now for the first time shown to have been written by Surgeon's Mate Robert Purdie, a junior officer on board Flinders' ship, HMS Investigator. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the July 1814 publication of Matthew Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis, Hordern House is publishing a lively yet hitherto almost unknown account of sailing with Matthew Flinders, written by a young surgeon in the Royal Navy who miraculously survived the wreck of HMS Porpoise off the Queensland coast in 1803.
ISBN: 9781875567737
Author: Purdie, Robert
Publication date: 01/09/2014
Format: Hardback
Pages: 148
Dimension: 225mm X 155mm
ISBN: 9781875567737
Author: Purdie, Robert
Publication date: 01/09/2014
Format: Hardback
Pages: 148
Dimension: 225mm X 155mm