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Matthew Flinders (Donington, 16 marzo 1774 – Londra, 19 luglio 1814) è stato un esploratore, navigatore, cartografo e ufficiale di marina britannico.
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.
Matthew Flinders – full of drive and ambition Matthew Flinders joined the British Royal Navy when he was 15. It was a natural fit for him. From childhood Flinders was fascinated by the natural world around him. As a boy he was intrigued by the maritime adventure novel Robinson Crusoe which he likened to a match on the straw of his mind.
15 lug 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A 19th Century explorer credited with mapping and naming Australia has been laid to rest in the village of his birth. The final journey of Capt Matthew Flinders ended with his reburial in...
10 gen 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 apr 2024 · A grand naval ceremony with hundreds of guests from around the world is being planned for the reburial of Lincolnshire explorer Matthew Flinders.
