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Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Tasmania with George Bass.
Matthew Flinders and George Bass sailed across the top of Tasmania
No. The European discoverer of Tasmania was Abel Tasman.
Matthew Flinders and George Bass
The ship in which Flinders circumnavigated Australia was named Investigator.Prior to this Matthew Flinders, together with George Bass, circumnavigated Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) in the Norfolk.
Matthew Flinders and George Bass circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in 1798, thus proving it was an island.
Matthew Flinders circumnavigated the entire continent of Australia, and was with George Bass when the discovery was made that Tasmania was a separate island.
Matthew Flinders wanted to help George Bass prove that Van Diemen's land (Tasmania) was an island, and not joined to the Australian continent.
No - because Tasmania is not a continent. Matthew Flinders, together with George Bass, determined that Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) was an island, and quite separate from the Australian mainland. Prior to this, sailors and explorers all believed that there was no sea passage between Tasmania and the rest of Australia.
Explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders were the first to circumnavigate what was then known as Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania).
Matthew Flinders was on board a small sloop/sailing-ship named the Norfolk when he saw Redcliffe, July 1799.It was the same ship he had previously used to circumnavigate Tasmania.
Tasmania, then Van Diemen's Land, was proven to be an island following the journey of George Bass and Matthew Flinders. Bass and Flinders circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land in 1798-99, completing their journey on 7 January 1799.