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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 .
Tobias Furneaux was a British naval officer and explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the globe in both directions. On Capt. Samuel Wallis’s westerly-directed circumnavigation in the Royal Navy ship Dolphin (1766–68), Furneaux was among the first Europeans to reach Tahiti.
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Tobias Furneaux (1735-1781), navigator, was born on 21 August 1735 at the family estate, Swilly, near Plymouth, Devon, England, son of William Furneaux—believed to have been descended from a progenitor who accompanied William of Normandy in 1066—and his wife Susanna, née Willcocks.
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Learn about Tobias Furneaux, the British naval officer who circumnavigated the globe and discovered Tasmania in 1773. See maps, charts and coastal features named after him and his expedition.
Adventure accompanied Cook for the first sweep of the Pacific, calling in at Tahiti and Huahine. At Huahine, Furneaux took on board Mai (Omai), who travelled with him to Britain. As the ships neared New Zealand in late October 1773, they were separated for the second time.
Tobias Furneaux was a commander of Adventure during James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific in 1773. He collected seeds and specimens of Tasmanian plants, such as Leptospermum lanigerum and Eucalyptus obliqua, and brought them to England.
Learn about the life and achievements of Tobias Furneaux, a British naval officer who circumnavigated the globe in both directions and claimed Tahiti for King George. Find out his role in the Seven Years War, the Falkland Islands dispute, the American Revolution and the Society islander Omai.
