Record ID:
36343820 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
Heading:
Birth:
  • 17280489
  • Cornwall, England
Death:
  • 17950121
  • Portland Place, London
Occupations:
  • explorer navy captain navigator
Notes:
  • Born at Fentonwoon, Cornwall, England, 1728; Lieutenant in the English navy 1748 appointed to the Dolphin vessel in 1766 and sailed to the Pacific Ocean 1767; he was responsible for bringing to Europe information of the numerous islands of the Low Archipelago and Society Islands, including Tahiti.
  • University of Toronto Libraries internet archive, 9 January, 2014 https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati59stepuoft#page/148/mode/2up
Local system number:
  • (VSL)1593193
  • 000001351012
  • abv02679005
Cataloguing source:
  • ANL eng VSL rda
Authentication code:
  • kin