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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 .
El capitán Tobias Furneaux (Swilly, cerca de Plymouth, 21 de agosto de 1735-19 de septiembre de 1781) fue un navegante inglés y oficial de la Royal Navy, que acompañó a James Cook en su segundo viaje de exploración. Fue el primer hombre en circunnavegar el mundo en ambas direcciones.
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.
El capitán Tobias Furneaux fue un navegante inglés y oficial de la Royal Navy, que acompañó a James Cook en su segundo viaje de exploración. Fue el primer hombre en circunnavegar el mundo en ambas direcciones.
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.
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.
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.
