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First edition of the earliest British chart of Van Diemen’s land by Tobias Furneaux, from the account of Cooks second voyage. Cook in command of the Resolution and Furneaux on the Adventure, had set sail on July 1772. The ships were separated in fog … Read Full Description
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First edition of the earliest British chart of Van Diemen’s land by Tobias Furneaux, from the account of Cooks second voyage.
Cook in command of the Resolution and Furneaux on the Adventure, had set sail on July 1772. The ships were separated in fog on 8 February 1773, consequently Furneaux made for the agreed rendezvous, at Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. Enroute Furneaux directed his course for Van Diemen’s Land, sighting South West Cape on 9 March and becoming the first English vessel to retrace Tasman’s 1642 discoveries. Sailing north on 15 March, Furneaux named St Patrick’s Head, St Helen’s Point, Bay of Fires and Eddystone Point, all on 17 March. Next day he noted ‘the land trenches away to the westward, which I believe forms a deep bay‘; it was, in fact, the entrance to Banks Strait. On this day islands were sighted, the land high and rocky, and the south-eastern point was named Cape Barren. He considered investigating whether a strait lay westward but decided to rejoin his commander and on 19 March the vessel ‘haul’d up for New Zealand’. Furneaux later declared that ‘it is my opinion that there is no strait between New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land’, a view he persuaded Cook to accept. Adventure and Resolution were united in New Zealand in May 1773 and in August Furneaux re-visited Tahiti where the Tahitian Omai was taken on board. The vessels were again separated in October and Furneaux returned to England, arriving at Spithead in July 1774.
References; Beddie 1336, p.252, Tooley 330
From, Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.
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National Library Australia: Bib ID 1825887
Tasmanian coastal features named by Furneaux:
Mutton Bird IsldÂ
9.3.1772. Descriptive of the type of birds seen in abundance here.
South West CapeÂ
9.3.1773. Its location in relation to the rest of Tasmania.
MewstoneÂ
9.3.1773. rocks there resembled mewstone.
Prion BayÂ
9.3.1773. The bay is a breeding ground for the Antarctic prion (Pachyptila desolata) and Fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur).
South East CapeÂ
9.3.1773. Its position.
Swilly IsldsÂ
11.3.1773. After the home town of Furneaux, near Plymouth.
Eddystone RockÂ
3.1773. Resembled a lighthouse, which reminded Furneaux of eddystone Lighthouse in England.
Adventure BayÂ
11.3.1773. Named after HMS Adventure, which was anchored there. Named Storm Bay by Tasman, 1.12.1642, as he sheltered here during a storm on previous day. Map makers incorrectly marked present day Storm Bay as the place where Tasman sheltered and the name has been retained.
Wineglass BayÂ
17.3.1773. Its shape.
St Patricks HeadÂ
17.3.1773. Discovered on St Patrick’s Day.
St Helens Pt / St Helens IsldÂ
17.3.1773. Believed to be taken from St Helen’s, an uninhabited island in the Isles of Scilly. These islands, which form an archipelago off the south-westernmost tip of the United Kingdom, are near Furneaux’s birthplace, Swilly.
Bay of FiresÂ
18.3.1773. Many fires seen along this shore.
Eddystone PointÂ
18.3.1773. Resembled a lighthouse, which reminded Furneaux of eddystone Lighthouse in England. Named Fleurieu Pt by Baudin, 28.2.1802, after Charles Claret de Fleurieu (1689-1755), French philosopher and publisher.
Lookout HeadsÂ
9.3.1773. Used as a lookout.
Admiralty ChannelÂ
9.3.1773. After The British Admiralty, Furneaux’s employer.
Cape Barren IslandÂ
9.3.1773. The island upon which Cape Barren was located.
Cape BarrenÂ
9.3.1773. It appearance.
Cone PtÂ
9.3.1773. Furneaux. It appearance.
Passage IsldÂ
9.3.1773. Furneaux. its location in a passage.
Furneaux GroupÂ
9.3.1773. Cook. Its discoverer and expedition leader, Tobias Furneaux.
Long PtÂ
9.3.1773. Its shape.
Hummock IsldÂ
9.3.1773. Its shape.
Endeavour ReefÂ
Possibly named after Cook’s vessel for his second voyage of discovery, HMS Endeavour. Captain Cook and William Bligh visited the area in March 1776 on James Cook’s third and final voyage of discovery in the Resolution and Discovery.
Sister Islands (East and West)Â
19.3.1773. Two similar islands.
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
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