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Matthew Flinders, an Uncommon card
Captain Matthew Flinders was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 71,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Matthew Flinders quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Matthew Flinders card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While returning to Britain in 1803, Flinders was arrested by the French at the ______ of Isle de France.
Answer
colony. While returning to Britain in 1803, Flinders was arrested by the French at the colony of Isle de France. From the Matthew Flinders article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Gasquet. Richard Gasquet 86 · Matthew Flinders 83 · Tamar of Georgia 79 · Tafsir 76 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land, a title he regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis.
- Flinders was involved in several voyages of discovery between 1791 and 1803, the most famous of which are the circumnavigation of Australia and an earlier expedition when he and George Bass confirmed that Van Diemen's Land was an island.
- While returning to Britain in 1803, Flinders was arrested by the French at the colony of Isle de France.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matthew Flinders article was read about 71,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Matthew Flinders
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Matthew Flinders (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Antoine Toussaint de Chazal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
