David GraylessJul 13, 2025
#OnThisDay in 2024, 19th-century explorer #MatthewFlinders, who first circumnavigated Australia and named it, is reburied in Donington, Lincolnshire, the village of his birth.
Tales from the Penny BloodsOct 12, 2024

Keeping up the nautical flavour of the month (our Haunted Cow episode) with a look at a very adventurous kitty this #caturday :Trim, the feline companion to cartographer/explorer Matthew Flinders; together they sailed the globe, and circumnavigated the Australian coastline.

Statues of Trim, often with his human Flinders, can be found in Australia and the UK.

Happy #caturday !

#catsofhistory #cats #Trim #shipcats #matthewflinders #catography

World History EncyclopediaJun 21, 2023
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. https://www.worldhistory.org/Matthew_Flinders/ #History #Australia #MatthewFlinders
Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. He was the first person to map the coastal outline of Australia in 1801-1803, following his circumnavigation of the 7.692 million...

World History Encyclopedia
World History EncyclopediaApr 3, 2023
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. https://www.worldhistory.org/Matthew_Flinders/ #History #Australia #MatthewFlinders
Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. He was the first person to map the coastal outline of Australia in 1801-1803, following his circumnavigation of the 7.692 million...

World History Encyclopedia