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Tobias Furneaux

1735 - 1781

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tobias Furneaux is the 437th most popular explorer (down from 411th in 2019), the 4,397th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,829th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tobias Furneaux ranks 437 out of 498. Before him are Sverre Hassel, Frederick Russell Burnham, Tim Severin, Alfred Maudslay, Johann Ludwig Krapf, and Carl Koldewey. After him are Mikhail Somov, Vassili Poyarkov, Aeneas Mackintosh, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Boyd Alexander, and Georgy Ushakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Tobias Furneaux ranks 30. Before him are József Alvinczi, Joseph Ducreux, Ivan Kulibin, Domenico Vandelli, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Ulrika Pasch. After him are John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Jesse Ramsden, and Button Gwinnett. Among people deceased in 1781, Tobias Furneaux ranks 18. Before him are John Needham, Túpac Katari, Johannes Ewald, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Bartolina Sisa, and Micaela Bastidas. After him is Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tobias Furneaux ranks 4,398 out of 8,785. Before him are Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Gayatri Devi (1919), Alan Newton (1931), Nathaniel Parker (1962), and Ken Wharton (1916). After him are Dan Stevens (1982), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), James Milner (1986), Joe Dempsie (1987), Charles Dawson (1864), and William Robertson (1721).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Tobias Furneaux ranks 61. Before him are Clements Markham (1830), Luke Foxe (1586), Francis Crozier (1796), Christopher Middleton (1690), Anthony de la Roché (1700), and Alfred Maudslay (1850). After him are Boyd Alexander (1873), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), Herbert Ponting (1870), George Back (1796), Ed Stafford (1975), and Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886).

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