Iron bars used to correct observations on a ship's compass are named for this man, who is also the namesake of the largest island in the Furneax Group.
This man peacefully met with Nicolas Baudin, captain of the Geographe, at Encounter Bay. Nevertheless, he was imprisoned on Mauritius for almost six years during his return home. Iron bars used to correct observations on a ship's compass are named for this man, who is also the namesake of the largest island in the Furneax Group. A mountain range named for this man includes the (*) Ediacara Hills, a noted site of pre-Cambrian fossil discoveries. This man's journal of his travel aboard the Investigator reports that "the  ► kangaroos were found to be less numerous; they had become shy, so that very few were killed." For 10 pointsÂ—A Voyage to Terra Australis was written by what British explorer, the first to circumnavigate Australia?
This man peacefully met with Nicolas Baudin, captain of the Geographe, at Encounter Bay.
Matthew Flinders