Many explorers contributed to the charting of Australia.
Early Dutch and Portuguese explorers drew a rough outline of Australia, and this was added to by explorers who came across the accident by...
No. Australia was noted first by Portuguese sailors, then by numerous Dutch explorers, such as Jansz and Hartog. The eastern half of the continent was claimed for the British Crown by Lieutenant...
Matthew Flinders first came to Australia in 1791 with Captain Bligh aboard the ship Providence, where he came across part of the southeast coast of Tasmania. He learnt a great many of his sailing...
Matthew Flinders was an Eighteen year old Midshipman when he set sail from England with Captain William Bligh in the "Providence", in 1792. He sailed to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).
He then left...