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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.
Jul 15, 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.
Jan 25, 2019 · After a marathon excavation effort, the body of Matthew Flinders has been discovered beneath Euston station in London. Let's take a look at the life and achievements of the man who circumnavigated ...
Jan 10, 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.
Jul 4, 2024 · The remains of Capt Matthew Flinders are being reburied in Donington, the village of his birth, on 13 July. The exact location of the explorer's remains was lost in the mid-1800s, but were...
Jul 14, 2024 · Captain Matthew Flinders, who was the first person to circumnavigate Australia, was laid to rest in a "emotional" ceremony at Donington in Lincolnshire about 185 kilometres north of London on Saturday, UK time.
BBC. A bust of Matthew Flinders is one of the many signs of Donington's connection to the explorer in the village church. A grand naval ceremony with hundreds of guests from around the world...
