Philip de Cateret
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Philip de Cateret (1738-1796) was an officer in the Royal Navy, a Pacific Ocean explorer, and a hereditary Seigneur in Jersey.[1]
De Cateret sailed as the first lieutenant of HMS Tahar during John Byron expedition to the Pacific.[1]
De Cateret commanded HMS Swallow, a vessel that was to accompany Samuel Wallis in HMS Dolphin on another expedition to the Pacific.[1] De Cateret and Wallis were separated while rounding Cape Horn, and de Cateret completed his expedition independently.
On July 3 1767 Robert Pitcairn, one of de Cateret's lookouts, sighted Pitcairn Island.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pitcairn Island Study Center. Pacific Union College. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.