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Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland.
19 de jul. de 1998 · July 19, 1814, London (aged 40) Matthew Flinders (born March 16, 1774, Donington, Lincolnshire, England—died July 19, 1814, London) was an English navigator who charted much of the Australian coast. Flinders entered the Royal Navy in 1789 and became a navigator.
Matthew Flinders (Donington, 16 de Março de 1774 — Londres, 19 de Julho de 1814) foi um reputado navegador e cartógrafo britânico. Nos seus vinte e poucos anos de carreira na Marinha Britânica , navegou com o capitão William Bligh , circum-navegou a Austrália , sobreviveu a um naufrágio e foi prisioneiro dos franceses na ...
10 de jan. de 2022 · Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. He was the first person to map the coastal outline of Australia in 1801-1803, following his circumnavigation of the 7.692 million square kilometres (2.96 million square miles) continent.
25 de abr. de 2024 · Harry Parkhill. Reporter, BBC News. 25 April 2024. A grand naval ceremony with hundreds of guests from around the world is being planned for the reburial of Lincolnshire explorer Matthew...
22 de mai. de 2023 · British explorer Matthew Flinders was the first person to circumnavigate Australia. Flinders charted much previously unknown coastline, and the maps he produced were the first to accurately depict Australia as we now know it. Flinders proved Australia was a single continent.
Matthew Flinders was one of our greatest seafaring explorers, charting much of Australia’s coastline despite a series of trials and wild adventures. An outstanding sailor, surveyor, navigator and scientist, he was a considerate and self-sacrificing leader who looked after all under his command.
