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C1785
Plan van de Avontuur-Baai aan Van Diemens-Land. – Gezigt van de Zuid-zyde van de Avontuu-Baai.
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Dutch edition of Plan of Adventure Bay in Van Diemens Land. (with) View of the south side of Adventure Bay, Tasmania. Captain Tobias Furneaux named the bay after his ship HMS Adventure in March 1773, after being separated from Captain … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Plan van de Avontuur-Baai aan Van Diemens-Land. – Gezigt van de Zuid-zyde van de Avontuu-Baai.
Date:
C1785
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Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Image Size:
193mm
x 244mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1785
Description:
Dutch edition of Plan of Adventure Bay in Van Diemens Land. (with) View of the south side of Adventure Bay, Tasmania. Captain Tobias Furneaux named the bay after his ship HMS Adventure in March 1773, after being separated from Captain James Cook during the second voyage.
Captain Tobias Furneaux (1735 - 1781)
Tobias was born near Plymouth and joined the Royal Navy in 1755 and became a midshipman on H.M.S. Marlborough. He was promoted to second lieutenant in 1759 and sailed on the H.M.S Dolphin under Samuel Wallis for the southern hemisphere and returning in 1760. On 29 November next year he was promoted commander and appointed captain of H.M.S. Adventure under James Cook's who had overall command
