Matthew Flinders

Captain Matthew Flinders was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland.

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Who was born first?

• Matthew Flinders and Meriwether Lewis were born the same year
• Matthew Flinders was born 1 year after Yuri Lisyansky
• Matthew Flinders was born 1 year after Aimé Bonpland
• Matthew Flinders was born 1 year after Giuseppe Acerbi
• Matthew Flinders was born 2 years before Vasily Golovnin

Timeline

1. Aimé BonplandAugust 29, 1773 – May 1858
2. Giuseppe AcerbiMay 3, 1773 – August 25, 1846
3. Yuri LisyanskyApril 1, 1773 – February 22, 1837
4. Matthew Flinders (this page)March 16, 1774 – July 19, 1814
5. Meriwether LewisAugust 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809
6. Vasily GolovninApril 19, 1776 – July 11, 1831

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