https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders"
Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was an English navigator and cartographer who led the first
circumnavigation of
Australia and identified it as a continent.
Flinders made three voyages to the southern ocean between 1791 and 1810. In the second voyage,
George Bass and Flinders confirmed that
Van Diemen's Land (now
Tasmania) was an island. In the third voyage, Flinders circumnavigated the mainland of what was to be called Australia, accompanied by Aboriginal man
Bungaree.
Heading back to England in 1803, Flinders' vessel needed urgent repairs at
Isle de France (Mauritius). Although Britain and France were at war, Flinders thought the scientific nature of his work would ensure safe passage, but a suspicious governor kept him under arrest for more than six years. In captivity, he recorded details of his voyages for future publication, and put forward his rationale for naming the new continent 'Australia', as an umbrella term for
New Holland and
New South Wales – a suggestion taken up later by
Governor Macquarie.
Flinders' health had suffered, however, and although he reached home in 1810, he did not live to see the success of his widely praised book and atlas,
A Voyage to Terra Australis, having died in July 1814. The location of his grave was lost by the mid-19th century but archaeologists excavating a former burial ground near London's
Euston railway station reported in January 2019 that his remains had been identified."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-46974247But there seems some controversy about his guide Bungaree.
Perhaps Islanddawn or Caro can comment more about this?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47000518https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-25/bungaree-australian-circumnavigate-country-matthew-flinders/10749476Kind regards from Paul.