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Tobias Furneaux
Tobias Furneaux by James Northcote
Born21 August 1735
Plymouth
Died18 September 1781 (aged 46)
Buried
Plymouth
AllegianceTobias Furneaux Great Britain
Service/branchTobias Furneaux Royal Navy
RankCaptain
Commands held
  • Adventure
  • Siren
Battles/warsSeven Years' War
American War of Independence

Captain Tobias Furneaux (21 August 1735 – 18 September 1781) was a British navigator and Royal Navy officer, who accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. He was one of the first men to circumnavigate the world in both directions, and later commanded a British vessel during the American War of Independence.

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Bay of Fires

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to Eddystone Point. The bay was given its name in 1773 by Captain Tobias Furneaux in Adventure, who saw the fires of Aboriginal people on the beaches...

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Tobias

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List of polar explorers

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Cape Barren Island

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Island. The south-eastern point of the island was named Cape Barren by Tobias Furneaux in HMS Adventure in March 1773. The island was gazetted as a locality...

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Flinders Island

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of the south-eastern islands of the Furneaux Group were first recorded in 1773 by British navigator Tobias Furneaux, commander of HMS Adventure, the support...

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James Cook

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Death of James Cook

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Second voyage of James Cook

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Australis Incognita. Cook commanded HMS Resolution on this voyage, while Tobias Furneaux commanded its companion ship, HMS Adventure. Resolution began her career...

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Omai

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embarked from Huahine on the British ship HMS Adventure, commanded by Tobias Furneaux, which had previously touched at Tahiti as part of Cook's second voyage...

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Samuel Wallis

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King. Wallis himself was ill and remained in his cabin so lieutenant Tobias Furneaux was the first to set foot, hoisting a pennant and turning a turf, taking...

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Rupert Furneaux

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great-great-great grandfather was the navigator Tobias Furneaux. In 1960 he authored a biography of Tobias. Furneaux was a golfer, he had been the County Champion...

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Southern Ocean

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tons under his own command and Adventure of 336 tons under Captain Tobias Furneaux, Cook first searched in vain for Bouvet Island, then sailed for 20...

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Tasmania

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landed at (nearby but different) Blackmans Bay, and the following year Tobias Furneaux became the first Englishman to land in Tasmania when he arrived at...

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Bruny Island

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recorded European to sight the island in November 1642. On 11 March 1773, Tobias Furneaux was the first British explorer to reach the island, and anchored at...

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List of ships of James Cook

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Commander. HMS Adventure Sailed on Cook's Second Voyage, captained by Tobias Furneaux. HMS Discovery The support vessel on the Third Voyage. The smallest...

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Aboriginal Tasmanians

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doing so over an extended period of time. The Resolution under Captain Tobias Furneaux (part of an expedition led by Captain James Cook) had visited in 1773...

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Third voyage of James Cook

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embarked from Huahine, travelling to Europe on Adventure, commanded by Tobias Furneaux who had touched at Tahiti as part of James Cook's second voyage of...

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European and American voyages of scientific exploration

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returned to its point of departure a year later). Second Lieutenant: Tobias Furneaux (1735–1781). This British ship explored Newfoundland and Labrador with...

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Endeavour Inlet

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European maritime exploration of Australia

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