Furneaux, Tobias (1735-1781), a British naval officer and explorer, sailed around the world with the explorer Samuel Wallis from 1766 to 1768. He then commanded the Adventure, which accompanied James Cook on the Resolution on Cook’s second voyage to the Pacific (1772-1775). After the ships became separated in the Southern Ocean, Furneaux sailed to explore Tasmania. He made the first British maps of the region. After he rejoined Cook in New Zealand, both ships continued to explore the Pacific. A storm forced the ships apart again later in the voyage, and they returned separately to England.
Furneaux was born near Portsmouth, England, on Aug. 21, 1735. He died there on Sept. 19, 1781.
