Captain
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Charles Bampfield Yule,
R.N. (1806 – 1 November 1878 at
Anderton, Cornwall,
United Kingdom
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) was an explorer and author of the
Admiralty ''Australia Directory.''
The third son of
Commander
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John Yule
RN who served with
Nelson
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at
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and a mother who was the daughter of Bampfield Carslake, Charles Bampfield Yule was the brother of the
Reverend
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John Carslake Duncan Yule. While a
Lieutenant
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, he commanded as part of the surveying expedition led by
Frances Blackwood from 1842 to 1845. Yule discovered and named
Heron Island off
Queensland
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, Australia on 11 January 1843. He continued on to survey the coast of
New Guinea
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in 1846 and assisted
Owen Stanley
Captain Owen Stanley FRS RN (13 June 1811 – 13 March 1850) was a British Royal Navy officer and surveyor.
Life
Stanley was born in Alderley, Cheshire, the son of Edward Stanley, rector of Alderley and later Bishop of Norwich. A brother wa ...
in his New Guinea expedition of 1848–1849. Although Yule claimed New Guinea for Great Britain, his claim was not recognised by the British government (although Great Britain was later to officially claim southeastern New Guinea in 1884).
His survey work was incorporated into volumes of the ''Australia Directory'' from 1853 to 1868.
in
Papua-New Guinea is most likely named after Yule, although he did not claim credit for its discovery.
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Ranks
*11 May 1830 – Entered Royal Navy
*2 April 1842 – Lieutenant
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*18 September 1851 – Commander
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*1 October 1866 Captain
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Commands
*2 April 1830 – HMS ''Bramble''
During his command, ''Bramble'' was attached to during survey duties on the East Indies Station
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Even in official documents, the term ''East Indies Station'' wa ...
, mainly around the coast of Eastern Australia and New Guinea
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. Some were published in the form of sailing directions, such as that Endeavour Strait in 1845.
Publications
*The Australia Directory
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See also
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* European and American voyages of scientific exploration
The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment. Maritime expeditions in the Age of Discovery were ...
References
External links
Ian Nicholson. Log of Logs vol. 1 page 71William Loney RN
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1806 births
1878 deaths
Royal Navy captains
19th-century Royal Navy personnel
Explorers of Papua New Guinea
Explorers of Queensland
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