Quote of the day
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Matthew Flinders
Born: March 16, 1774
Died: July 19, 1814 (aged 40)
Bio: Captain Matthew Flinders was an English navigator and cartographer, who was the leader of the first circumnavigation of Australia and identified it as a continent.
Known for:
- A Voyage to Terra Australis (1814)
- A Biographical Tribute to the Memory of Trim