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Cape Vanderlin of the Dutch was the next point sighted, and it too was an island, one of the Sir Edward Pellew Group. On taking leave of this group, Flinders remarks on these discrepancies as follows:
Vanderlin Island, after Cornelis Van der Lyn; Sweer's Island, after Salamon Sweers; Maria Island, after his supposed sweetheart, Maria Van Dieman; and Limmen Bight, after his ship, the LIMMEN. This chart may be looked on as being the first one to give a reliable and good outline of the Australian coast as then known namely, from Endeavour Strait, in the extreme north, to the eastern limit of Pieter Nuvt's Land, on the south.
Captain Cook compared to former Visitors Point Hicks Botany Bay-First natives seen Indifference to Overtures Abundant flora Entrance to Port Jackson missed ENDEAVOUR on a reef Careened Strange animals Hostile natives A sailor's devil Possession Island-Territory of New South Wales Torres Straits a passage La Perouse Probable fate discovered by Captain Dillon M'Cluer touches Arnheim's Land Bligh and Portlock Wreck of the PANDORA Vancouver in the south The D'Entrecasteaux quest Recherche Archipelago Bass and Flinders Navigation and exploration extraordinary The TOM THUMB Bass explores south Flinders in the Great Bight Bass's Straits Flinders in the INVESTIGATOR Special instructions King George's Sound Lossof boat's crew Memory Cove Baudin's courtesy Port Phillip INVESTIGATOR and LADY NELSON on East Coast The Gulf of Carpentaria and early Dutch navigators Duyfhen Point Cape Keer-Weer Mythical rivers charted Difficulty in recognising their landmarks Flinders' great disappointment A rotten ship Return by way of West Coast Cape Vanderlin Dutch Charts Malay proas, Pobassoo Return to Port Jackson Wreck of the PORPOISE Prisoner by the French General de Caen Private papers and journals appropriated Prepares his charts and logs for press Death Sympathy by strangers Forgotten by Australia The fate of Bass Mysterious disappearance Supposed Death.
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