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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II HMS Investigator - Matthew Flinders
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Weight | 1.244 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | HMS INVESTIGATOR * MATTHEW FLINDERS 10 DOLLARS |
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HMS Investigator completed the first circumnavigation of Australia under Matthew Flinders between 1801 and 1803, though the voyage was plagued by a rotting hull that nearly sank the ship before Flinders could publish his findings. He was subsequently detained by the French on Mauritius for nearly seven years — Napoleon's government apparently considered his charts a strategic asset. Flinders died in 1814, the day after his account was finally published.
Fiji's connection to the voyage is cartographic rather than territorial; Investigator passed through Pacific waters during the broader expedition.