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Henry Roberts (captain)
Henry Roberts (1756–1796), a native to Shoreham-by-Sea, Shoreham, Sussex, was an officer in the Royal Navy who served with Captain Cook on his last two voyages. Roberts served as lieutenant on Cook's HMS Discovery (1774), HMS ''Discovery'', where he was entrusted with many hydrographic and cartographic tasks, and also met then-midshipman George Vancouver. Roberts spent many years after that voyage preparing the detailed charts that went into Cook's posthumous ''Atlas''. Roberts also served on where he was to make a painting of the ship. In 1790, Roberts was appointed to command a newly built HMS Discovery (1789), HMS ''Discovery'' on another round-the-world voyage and selected George Vancouver as his first lieutenant. However, the Nootka Crisis called both men to duty elsewhere, and upon its resolution, Vancouver was given command of the Vancouver Expedition, historic voyage. At age of 40, Roberts died on 25 August 1796, Captain of HMS Arethuse (1793), HMS ''Undaunted'' in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Roberts Portrait By Thomas Gainsborough
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