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The Flinders papersletters and documents about the explorer Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)
 
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Torres Straits
Straits between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Discovered by the Portuguese navigator Luis de Torres in 1606, but not published until 1792. Alexander Dalrymple named it for him.

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