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18 de jun. de 2017 · 18 Junio 1767 Samuel Wallis descubre Tahití a bordo del HMS Dolphin. El cometido del viaje de Wallis era explorar el Pacífico para encontrar el continente austral. En el momento de su partida, Samuel no viajaba solo, pues del Puerto de Plymouth también zarpó el HMS Swallow. Éste barco era capitaneado por Philip Carteret.
Samuel Wallis. Our world no longer seems full of intrepid explorers but back in the 18th century they were all the rage. Samuel Wallis, born in Lanteglos by Camelford in 1728, was to become one. His parents John Wallis and Sarah Barrett had married in the quiet moorland town of St Tudy not far from Bodmin in 1720.
Samuel Wallis (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795 in London) was a British naval officer and explorer of the Pacific Ocean who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Wallis has received more than 107,517 page views.
21 de dic. de 2017 · Premier contact : l’Européen Wallis à Tahiti - Il y a exactement deux cent cinquante ans, le 18 juin 1767, s’établissait le premier contact entre les Européens et les populations de l’île de Tahiti avec l’arrivée sur nos rivages de Samuel Wallis à bord du Dolphin. - Welcome Tahiti - Welcome tahiti -
Samuel Wallis. 1728- 95. He was born on 23 April 1728 in Fentonwoon, Lanteglos-by-Camelford, near Camelford, Cornwall, the son of a local landowner. Having seen service in the Austrian War of Succession as a midshipman, Wallis was commissioned lieutenant on 19 October 1748. He served aboard the Plymouth guardship Anson 60, Captain Charles ...
Samuel Wallis (23 de abril de 1728 - 21 de janeiro de 1795 em Londres) foi um oficial da marinha britânica e explorador do Oceano Pacífico que fez a primeira visita registrada de um navegador europeu ao Taiti. Dolphin e Swallow desenhados por Samuel Wallis, c. 1767.
Samuel Wallis, 1728–1795 / Philip Carteret, d. 1796. Expedition (1766–1768, 1766–1769): Two ships (Dolphin, Swallow), 236 men Charge (by the British Admiralty): To explore the South Pacific and search for the elusive Southern Continent (Terra Australis) Accomplishments: Discovered Tahiti (Wallis) and Pitcairn Island (Carteret), rediscovered the Solomon Islands (Carteret)
