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Matthew Flinders

English navigator and cartographer (1774-1814)

  • Fame55.8
  • Momentum3.7
  • Wikipedia7.9K
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Lived 1774–1814, aged 40United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomHistorical Figures
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    1774–1814
    Aged 40
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Updated 2026-06-21

Captain Matthew Flinders was an English Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land, a title he regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis.

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Momentum3.7
Historical21.6
Now attention16.2
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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