Matthew Flinders


 
 

Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 - 19 July 1814) was one of the most accomplished navigators and chartmakers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated and named Australia, survived shipwreck and disaster only to be imprisoned as a spy, identified and corrected the effect of iron ships upon compass readings, and wrote the seminal work on Australian exploration A Voyage To Terra Australis.

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Introduction
Biographical information
Nicolas Baudin and the Meeting at Encounter Bay
Naming Australia
Legacy
Works
References
External links
 


 

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