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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II HMS Investigator * Matthew Flinders
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 28.24 g |
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| Reverse description | At left, a detailed rendering of the full-rigged sailing vessel HMS Investigator under sail, shown with billowing canvas and wave-crested waters beneath the hull. At right, a three-quarter facing bust of the British navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders, depicted in naval uniform with epaulettes and buttons. The arc legend 'HMS INVESTIGATOR * MATTHEW FLINDERS' curves along the upper rim, separated by a central star, and the denomination '10 DOLLARS' appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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HMS Investigator completed the first circumnavigation of Australia under Matthew Flinders between 1801 and 1803, though the voyage ended badly — the ship was found so worm-riddled at Port Jackson that she was condemned as unseaworthy. Flinders transferred to HMS Porpoise, which promptly wrecked on a reef. He eventually reached Mauritius aboard a small schooner, where the French governor imprisoned him for nearly seven years despite the two nations being nominally at peace.
Fiji's connection to the voyage is cartographic rather than biographical — Flinders charted portions of the Pacific approaches relevant to regional navigation. Flinders died in 1814, the day after his account of the voyage was finally published.