Tobias Furneaux belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Tobias Furneaux as Royal Navy officer and explorer (1735-1781).
Tobias Furneaux was born at Plymouth in 1735. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Great Britain.
Seventeenth-century voyaging was commercial and Dutch-led, mapping coastlines for companies rather than kings.
He is recorded as explorer, naturalist and seafarer.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Tobias Furneaux died in 1781, aged 46. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, naturalist and seafarer
