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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 .
Tobias Furneaux (born Aug. 21, 1735, Swilly, near Plymouth, Devon, Eng.—died Sept. 19, 1781, Swilly) was a British naval officer and explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the globe in both directions.
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.
Tobias Furneaux was the commander of Adventure during James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. Near Van Diemen's Land his vessel became separated from Cook in a fog. Whilst Cook sailed on to New Zealand, Furneaux travelled further north and sighted a group of islands off the south west cape of Tasmania on 9 March 1773.
Sep 13, 2021 · The captain, Tobias Furneaux, consented, and so Mai climbed aboard. It was a courageous leap of faith to join ranks with such utterly strange people, bound for an unfamiliar place so far away.
Furneaux, Tobias (1735 - 1781) Born in Swilly, a district of Plymouth, Devon, England, on 21 August 1735, and died there on 19 September 1781. Commander of Adventure during James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. Visited Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, in Tasmania for four days from 9 March 1773.
