Tobias furneaux biography of abraham

Tobias died at Swilly, unmarried, on 18 September Captain Furneaux, who was born at Swilly House on August 21sthad already been around the world once between andwith Wallis. When they arrived off New Zealand they parted company and Furneaux sailed south to explore and chart the coast of Tasmania. Cook named the Furneaux Islands in his honour.

Furneaux brought back to England a native named Otaheite, who he presented to the King in During the Siren escorted the trade to Antigua before returning to New York, but she drove aground in poor weather when escorting a convoy of victuallers near Point Judith, Rhode Island on 6 November, and after coming under fire from colonial artillery was abandoned with the loss of five men killed and twenty wounded.

Furneaux and the rest of his men got away in the boats to be detained by the Americans, but any hopes the rebels had of re-floating the Siren were abandoned when she was set alight by British men-of-war coming down from Rhode Island.

Tobias furneaux biography of abraham

Furneaux was to live for just another three years, dying at Swilly on 19 September and being buried in the local church. He served as second lieutenant of HMS Dolphin under Captain Samuel Wallis on the latter's voyage round the globe and due to Wallis being ill and confined to his cabin, Tobias was the first to set foot on Tahiti, hoisting a pennant, turning a turf, and taking possession of the land in the name of His Majesty.

In NovemberFurneaux was given command of Adventure, which accompanied James Cook on his second voyage. On this expedition Furneaux was twice separated from his leader. On the former occasion he explored a great part of the south and east coasts of Van Diemen's Land, and made the earliest British chart of the same. Most of his names here survive; Cook, visiting the shore-line on his third voyage, confirmed Furneaux's account and delineation of it, with certain minor criticisms and emendations, and named after him the Furneaux Group at the eastern entrance to Bass Strait, and the group now known as the Low Archipelago.

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