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Category:Matthew Flinders
Admiralty Chart No 1042 General chart of Terra Australis or Australia, Published 1843.jpg 11,596 × 7,884; 40.36 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1043 Gulf of Carpentaria. Chart of Terra Australis, North Coast. Sheet II, Published 1814.jpg 7,940 × 11,740; 26.96 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1045 North west side of the Gulf of Carpentaria by M.Flinders, Commander of H.M.S. Investigator 1803. RMG F0283, Published 1814.tiff 5,791 × 7,926; 131.32 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1059 Chart of Terra Australis. Sheet I South coast, Published 1814.jpg 11,631 × 7,899; 40.02 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1060 Chart of Terra Australis South coast, sheet II, Published 1814.jpg 11,723 × 7,898; 38.72 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1061 Chart of Terra Australis. Sheet III South coast, Published 1814.jpg 11,613 × 7,897; 45.75 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1062 Australia south coast. Sheet 4, Lacepede Bay to C. Otway, Published 1814.jpg 5,784 × 7,590; 10.67 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1066 Chart of Terra Australis. sheet 1 East coast, Published 1814.jpg 5,842 × 7,878; 19.97 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1067 Chart of Terra Australis. Sheet II, East coast, Published 1814.jpg 5,758 × 7,842; 19.01 MB
Admiralty Chart No 1068 Chart of Terra Australis. Sheet III East coast, Publ
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Matthew Flinders' Cat
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This famous historical cat lived at the end of the eighteenth century and the start of the nineteenth and is renowned for having sailed around the globe, as well as circumnavigating Australia during the voyages of exploration of his master, Captain Matthew Flinders, RN.
Flinders had already made one voyage in 1790 to the southern continent, which he hoped to prove was in fact a continent and not a group of islands — the prevailing view at the time. On board the ship he captained on his next voyage, the Roundabout (actually Reliance — for some reason Flinders liked to refer to his ships by different names), was a pregnant female cat from Stepney, in London; and somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope and Australia's Botany Bay, she gave birth to kittens. That was in 1797. Being born at sea meant that the youngsters very soon became used to the motion of a ship, developing an impressive sense of balance and, unlike most cats, becoming indifferent to water and getting wet.
A remarkable kitten
One kitten stood out from the rest by reason of his energ
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Matthew Flinders
Royal Fleet officer, steersman and geographer (1774–1814)
For description British learned, see Levi Flinders (academic).
For other uses, see Flinders.
Matthew Flinders | |
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Portrait dampen Antoine Toussaint de Chazal, painted constant worry Mauritius din in 1806–07 | |
| Born | (1774-03-16)16 Step 1774 Donington, County, England |
| Died | 19 July 1814(1814-07-19) (aged 40) London, England |
| Resting place | St James's sepulture ground, Metropolis, London (until 2019) Church reduce speed St Row and picture Holy Roodtree, Donington, County (from 2024) |
| Occupation | Royal Navy officer |
| Years active | 1791–1814 |
| Spouse | Ann Chappelle (m. 1801) |
| Children | 1 |
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