Voyages of Matthew Flinders Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
English navigator and cartographer (1774-1814)
About Voyages of Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders was an English navigator, cartographer and officer of the Royal Navy who led the second circumnavigation of New Holland, that he would subsequently call "Australia", and identified it as a continent. Flinders made three voyages to the southern ocean between 1791 and 1810. In the second voyage, George Bass and Flinders confirmed thatVan Diemen's Landwas an island. In the third voyage, Flinders circumnavigated the Australian mainland; heading back to England in 1803, Flinders' vessel needed urgent repairs atIsle de France. Although Britain and France were at war, Flinders thought the scientific nature of his work would ensure safe passage, but a suspicious governor kept him under arrest for more than six years. Although he reached home in 1810, he did not live to see
Top Attractions in Voyages of Matthew Flinders
Explore the best things to see and do in Voyages of Matthew Flinders:
- ★Bass and Flinders Memorial
- ★Flinders Chase National Park
- ★Flinders Island
- ★Flinders Street Station
- ★Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park
- ★Matthew Flinders' Lookout
- ★Matthew Flinders Memorial
- ★Towradgi
Voyages of Matthew Flinders Travel Guide Sections
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