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El capitán Matthew Flinders ( Donington; 16 de marzo de 1774- Londres, 19 de julio de 1814) fue un reputado navegante y cartógrafo inglés que dirigió la segunda circunnavegación de Nueva Holanda, que posteriormente él llamaría « Australia o Terra Australis» y la identificó como un continente.
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.
19 de jul. de 1998 · 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.
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A grand naval ceremony with hundreds of guests from around the world is being planned for the reburial of Lincolnshire explorer Matthew Flinders. The naval captain is credited with popularising...
Matthew Flinders, el visionario cartógrafo inglés, dejó un legado imborrable al mapear Australia en el siglo XIX. Su historia es un testimonio de la evolución de las técnicas cartográficas y cómo han transformado nuestra percepción del mundo.
10 de ene. de 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.
22 de may. de 2023 · British explorer Matthew Flinders was the first person to circumnavigate Australia. Flinders charted much previously unknown coastline, and the maps he produced were the first to accurately depict Australia as we now know it.
