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John Moresby

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Rear Admiral John Moresby (15 March 1830 – 12 July 1922) was a British naval officer who explored the coast of New Guinea and was the first European to discover the site of Port Moresby. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 26 relations: Allerford, Australia, Bermuda, British Overseas Territories, Chichester, China, China Strait, Cobh, Cruiser, England, Fairfax Moresby, Fareham, Hampshire, Hanuabada, HMS Basilisk (1848), Huon Gulf, Imperial fortress, Ireland, L. Adams Beck, New Guinea, Paddle steamer, Port Moresby, Rear admiral, Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, Somerset, Tuvalu.

  2. English explorers of the Pacific
  3. People from West Somerset (district)
  4. Port Moresby

Allerford

Allerford is a village in the county of Somerset, England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of Selworthy in the district of Somerset West and Taunton.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bermuda

Bermuda (historically known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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British Overseas Territories

The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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China Strait

The China Strait is a navigable strait in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea between mainland New Guinea and Samarai Island.

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Cobh

Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.

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Cruiser

A cruiser is a type of warship.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fairfax Moresby

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB (29 November 1786 – 21 January 1877) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Fareham

Fareham is a market town at the north-west tip of Portsmouth Harbour, between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton in south east Hampshire, England.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Hanuabada

Hanuabada is a coastal village in Papua New Guinea in the outskirts of the nation's capital, Port Moresby.

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HMS Basilisk (1848)

HMS Basilisk was a first-class paddle sloop of the Royal Navy, built at the Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 22 August 1848.

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Huon Gulf

Huon Gulf is a large gulf in eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Imperial fortress

Lord Salisbury described Malta, Gibraltar, Bermuda, and Halifax as Imperial fortresses at the 1887 Colonial Conference, though by that point they had been so designated for decades.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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L. Adams Beck

Lily Adams Beck, née Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862 in Queenstown, Cork, Ireland – 3 January 1931 in Kyoto, Japan) was a British writer of short stories, novels, biographies and esoteric books, under the names of L. Adams Beck, E. Barrington and Louis Moresby, and sometimes other variations: Lily Adams Beck, Elizabeth Louisa Beck, Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.

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Paddle steamer

A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.

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Port Moresby

(Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea.

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Rear admiral

Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies.

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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Tuvalu

Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.

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See also

English explorers of the Pacific

People from West Somerset (district)

Port Moresby

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moresby

Also known as Moresby, John.