Esploratore

Matthew Flinders

1774 - 1814

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Matthew Flinders (Donington, 16 marzo 1774 – Londra, 19 luglio 1814) è stato un esploratore, navigatore, cartografo e ufficiale di marina britannico. Guidò la prima circumnavigazione costiera dell'Australia continentale, allora chiamata Nuova Olanda. È anche accreditato come la prima persona a utilizzare il nome Australia per descrivere l'intero continente, inclusa la Terra di Van Diemen (ora Tasmania), un titolo che considerava "più gradevole all'orecchio" rispetto a nomi precedenti come Terra Australis. Flinders fu coinvolto in diversi viaggi d'esplorazione tra il 1791 e il 1803, i più famosi dei quali sono la circumnavigazione dell'Australia e una precedente spedizione quando lui e George Bass confermarono che la Terra di Van Diemen era un'isola. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 47 in 2024). Matthew Flinders is the 185th most popular esploratore (up from 195th in 2024), the 1,725th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,612th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Esploratore.

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Among Esploratores

Among esploratores, Matthew Flinders ranks 185 out of 498. Before him are Lancelotto Malocello, Edward Wilson, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Sophie Blanchard, Niccolò de' Conti, and Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn. After him are John Marshall, Hanno the Navigator, James Bruce, Annie Londonderry, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, and Alexander Mackenzie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Matthew Flinders ranks 19. Before him are William Henry, Christian Leopold von Buch, Charles Bell, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and André Marie Constant Duméril. After him are Robert Southey, Francis Baily, Lord William Bentinck, Václav Tomášek, Pierre Rode, and Karl Mollweide. Among people deceased in 1814, Matthew Flinders ranks 16. Before him are Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Arthur Phillip, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Guillaume-Antoine Olivier. After him are Elbridge Gerry, Aleijadinho, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, Georg Joseph Vogler, and Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Flinders ranks 1,725 out of 8,785. Before him are John Newton (1725), Christine McVie (1943), Harriet Martineau (1802), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), and Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721). After him are John Charles (1931), Steven Gerrard (1980), Elizabeth Blount (1500), James Murray (1837), Paul Radmilovic (1886), and Jimmy Greaves (1940).

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Among Esploratores In United Kingdom

Among esploratores born in United Kingdom, Matthew Flinders ranks 26. Before him are Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Samuel Wallis (1728), Isabella Bird (1831), Martin Frobisher (1535), and Edward Wilson (1872). After him are John Marshall (1748), James Bruce (1730), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Rolfe (1585), and Mark Sykes (1879).

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