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Captain
Tobias Furneaux (
August 21,
1735 –
September 19,
1781) was an
English navigator and
Royal Navy officer, who accompanied
James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. He was the first man to
circumnavigate the world in both directions.
Furneaux was born at
Swilly near
Plymouth. He entered the
Royal Navy, and was employed on the
French and
African coasts and in the
West Indies during the latter part of the
Seven Years' War (1760–1763). He served as second lieutenant of
HMS Dolphin under Captain
Samuel Wallis on the latter's voyage round the globe (August 1766 – May 1768). Furneaux was made a commander in November 1771, and commanded
HMS Adventure which accompanied
James Cook (in
Resolution) on his second voyage.
On this expedition Furneaux was twice separated from his leader (
February 8,
1773 to
May 19,
1773; and
October 22,
1773 to
October 14,
1774, the date of his return to England). On the former occasion he explored a great part of the south and east coasts of
Tasmania, and made the earliest British chart of the same. Most of his names here survive; Cook, visiting this 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 of islands in
Banks Strait, opening into
Bass Strait, and the group now known as the
Low Archipelago.
After
Adventure was finally separated from
Resolution off
New Zealand in October 1773, Furneaux returned home alone, bringing with him
Omai of Ulaietea. This first South Sea Islander to travel to the
British Isles returned to Tahiti with Cook in 1776–1777.
Furneaux was made a captain in 1775. During the
American Revolutionary War, he commanded
Siren in the British attack of
28 June 1776 upon
Charleston, South Carolina.
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