Who accompanied Flinders to confirm Van Diemen's Land was an island?
George Bass
James Cook
William Dampier
Joseph Banks
Answer
George Bass accompanied Matthew Flinders on an expedition to circumnavigate Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in 1798-99. Their goal was to determine whether it was an island or a peninsula of the Australian mainland. By sailing around the entire coastline, they proved that Van Diemen's Land was indeed an island, separated from the mainland by the Bass Strait.
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