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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.
El capitán Matthew Flinders ( Donington; 16 de marzo de 1774- Londres, 19 de julio de 1814) fue un reputado navegante y cartógrafo inglés que dirigió la segunda circunnavegación de Nueva Holanda, que posteriormente él llamaría « Australia o Terra Australis» y la identificó como un continente.
The explorer who named Australia will be buried in his home village of Donington in 2024, after his coffin was found in London. Learn about his life, achievements and the grant that made his reinterment possible.
19 de jul. de 1998 · 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.
A grand naval ceremony with hundreds of guests from around the world is being planned for the reburial of Lincolnshire explorer Matthew Flinders. The naval captain is credited with popularising...
10 de ene. 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.
22 de may. de 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Matthew Flinders, the British explorer who was the first to sail around Australia in 1801–03. Find out how he mapped the coastline, named the continent and faced imprisonment in Mauritius.
