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.

Works

• A Voyage to Terra Australis, with an accompanying Atlas. 2 vol. ? London : G & W Nicol, 18. Juli 1814 (the day before Flinders' death)