88 people
At the time that Flinders left England in July 1801, the Investigator had a total complement of 88 people. This included officers, crew, marines, and scientists.
The first known explorer to circumnavigate the Australian continent was Matthew Flinders. Flinders sailed around Australia in the ship The Investigator between 1801 and 1803, filling in many of the gaps left by previous explorers. Flinders was the one who first proposed the name "Australia" for the continent.
he had 2 ships
I think he had 1 child named Ann Flinder ( named after her mother)
* Flinders Island in Bass Strait In South Australia: * Flinders Mountain Range * Flinders Ranges National Park * Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island * Flinders University * the suburb of Flinders Park * Flinders Highway In Queensland * also another Flinders Highway * the Ipswich suburb of Flinders View * Flinders River, the longest river in Queensland In Victoria * the Melbourne suburb of Flinders * Federal electorate of Flinders In Western Australia: * Flinders Bay In NSW: * Bass and Flinders Point Throughout Australia, there are also many streets and schools named after Matthew Flinders.
Matthew Flinders travelled on several voyages with fellow explorer George Bass.When he circumnavigated Australia, many others were with him, including his brother Samuel.He also had a much-loved cat, Trim, who circumnavigated Australia with Flinders.
Flinders can be regarded as an Australian explorer, even though he made many other journeys on behalf of both Australia and England.
Matthew Flinders arrived in Australia in the 1790s and commenced exploring and charting the coast of the continent. Between December 1801 and June 1803, Flinders charted the entire coastline of Australia, filling in a great many of the gaps in knowledge of the coastline. Australia was previously known as New Holland, and Flinders first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824.
He encountered many problems. His two ships were leaking. His second ship that was leaking had forced Matthew Flinders to stop by an island called Mauritius. The island was in command of the French. Unfortunately for him, France was at war with England so the Governor imprisoned him for an approximate period of 6 years.
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 skills under Bligh's tutelage.
Matthew Flinders accompanied Captain William Bligh on his first journey. On some of his later voyages, he was accompanied by fellow sea-explorer George Bass. On his circumnavigation of Australia he was accompanied by his younger brother Lt. Samuel Flinders and the ship's artist William Westall. Flinders also made mention in his journals of a number of crew members who fell sick and died, usually of dysentery-related causes, during the circumnavigation of Australia. These included James Greenhalgh, sergeant of marines; quarter-master John Draper; seaman Thomas Smith; and botanist Peter Good. Flinders also had a cat named Trim, a faithful companion on many voyages.
There are five syllables in 'investigator'.