Which navigator popularized the name “Australia” in the early 19th century?

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Matthew Flinders was the first known navigator to completely circumnavigate the Australian continent, in the early 19th century. In his maps and writings, he defended the use of the name "Australia", which gradually replaced "New Holland". Governor Lachlan Macquarie also adopted the name in his correspondence, and the British authorities made it official soon after. James Cook had mapped the eastern coast in 1770 and claimed it for Britain, but he did not give the continent its modern name. Abel Tasman and Willem Janszoon had also explored certain coasts before.