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What does "Inshore circumnavigation" mean?

Question #149642. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated Aug 14 2023.
Originally posted Aug 14 2023 8:54 AM.

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If something is inshore, it is in the sea but quite close to the land. For example Matthew Flinders is often credited with the first inshore circumnavigation of Australia. Look at the map to see his route.

link https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders#/media/Datei:Australia_discoveries_by_Europeans_before_1813_de.png



Aug 14 2023, 1:45 PM
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