What Matthew Flinders and George Bass can teach us about male friendship

Matthew Flinders circumnavigated and named Australia—an enormous achievement. But according to ABC News Australia, the explorer's personal life was equally compelling. Flinders wrote passionate letters and lived a life full of romantic attachments. His deep friendship with fellow explorer George Bass reveals that the figures we remember for their geographic conquests were complex, feeling people.

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