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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.
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.
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.
25 de abr. de 2024 · The naval captain who named Australia and sailed around the continent will be reinterred in his birthplace in July 2024. A grand naval ceremony with hundreds of guests from around the world is planned for the occasion.
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.
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.
Matthew Flinders. Explorador y navegante inglés. Matthew Flinders nació el 16 de marzo de 1774 en Donington, Lincolnshire, Inglaterra. Viajó a Nueva Gales del Sur en 1795 y exploró un estrecho desconocido entonces y que ahora se llama estrecho de Bass, entre Australia y las Tierras de Van Diemen (hoy Tasmania ).
