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  <dc:title>Letter from Joseph Banks, Revesby Abbey</dc:title>
  <dc:description>The letter concerns Matthew Flinders, naval officer and hydrographer.  Whilst trying to return to the UK from Australia in 1803, Flinders was detained in Mauritius by the French governor General Decaen.  He was not released until 1810.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>20 October 1810</dc:date>
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