Matthew Flinders By Robyn Schumann Mar 16, 1774 born Period: Mar 16, 1774 to Jul 19, 1814 Matthew Flinders Oct 22, 1789 joined Navy Feb 1, 1791 explored botany bay Jul 22, 1791 picked up live stock for colony and cat from Africa Mar 22, 1798 charted shipping channels for colony Apr 25, 1799 proved van deimens land to be a island Jul 18, 1801 charted "unknown coast" (naturalists collect samples) Nov 28, 1801 married Ann chappell Jul 22, 1802 completed survey of QLD coast Jan 12, 1803 sunk on reef navigated 700 miles on rowboat saved crew Jun 9, 1803 completed circumnavigation Dec 17, 1803 arestted in Marricious came to fix cumberland Dec 24, 1803 six months in a leaky boat Mar 22, 1810 back to England Jul 18, 1814 published book Jul 19, 1814 death