Flinders's Providence Logbook
Midshipman Matthew Flinders's Logbook of the Providence
The Flinders Logbook is incomplete. It begins with their departure from Adventure Bay, Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), and
ends with their arrival at Port Royal, Jamaica.
Transcribed from images of the original, held at the National Archives, Kew, England.
Significant Waypoints
- Feb 24, 1792, Sail out of Adventure Bay
- Apr 9, 1792, Anchor in Matavai Bay, Tahiti
- Jul 19, 1792, Set sail from Tahiti
- Sep 1, 1792, First shoals of Endeavour Straits sighted
- Sep 19, 1792, Cleared the straits
- Oct 2, 1792, Moored at Coupang, Timor
- Oct 10, 1792, Depart Coupang
- Dec 17, 1792, Arrived St. Helena
- Jan 24, 1793, Moored at St. Vincents
- Feb 5, 1793, Arrived Port Royal, Jamaica
1792
- February 24,
25,
26,
27,
28,
29
- March 1,
2,
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- April 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10-15,
16-18,
19-21,
22-24,
25-27,
28-30,
- May 1-4,
5-7,
8-10,
11-13,
14-17,
18-19,
20-22,
23-24,
25-26,
27-29,
30-Jun 1,
- June May 30-1,
2-5,
6-8,
9-12,
13-16,
17-21,
22-25,
26-30,
- July 1-4,
5-9,
10-13,
14-16,
17-18,
19,
20,
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- August 1,
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- September 1,
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- October 1,
2,
3-4,
5-7,
8-9,
10,
11,
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- November 1,
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- December 1,
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20-21,
22,
23-24,
25-26,
27,
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31
1793
- January 1,
2,
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25-26,
27,
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- February 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6-8,
9-10,
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