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John Byron ( 8 de novembro de 1723 – Londres, 10 de abril de 1786) foi um navegador inglês que entre 1764 e 1766 comandou a fragata "Dolphin" pelo Oceano Pacífico em busca de novos continentes.
Vice-Admiral John Byron (8 November 1723 – 1 April 1786) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. He earned the nickname " Foul-Weather Jack " in the press because of his frequent encounters with bad weather at sea. [1]
6 de abr. de 2024 · John Byron (born Nov. 8, 1723—died April 10, 1786, England) was a British admiral, whose account (1768) of a shipwreck in South America was to some extent used by his grandson, the poet Lord Byron, in Don Juan.
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Admiral John Byron of the British Navy, sent to find the elusive "southern continent," discovered the Falkland Islands as well as many other smaller islands in what would be the fastest circumnavigation at the time. Born into a family of Navy men, Lord Byron began his naval career in 1731 at age nine, when he became a midshipman.
BYRON, JOHN (Foulweather Jack) 1723 - 1786 from England. naval officer and explorer, was born on 8 November 1723, the second son of William, fourth Baron Byron and his third wife Frances, née Berkeley. He joined the Navy in 1737, and as a midshipman sailed in the ill-fated Wager on ANSON 's voyage round the world in 1740-44.
In 1764, John Byron (1723-1786) left England in command of a two-ship expedition to circle the globe. He returned slightly less than two years later, having set a record for the fastest circumnavigation to date, and the first commander to circle the globe without losing a ship.
John Byron (8 de novembro de 1723 – Londres, 10 de abril de 1786) foi um navegador inglês que entre 1764 e 1766 comandou a fragata "Dolphin" pelo Oceano Pacífico em busca de novos continentes. Em setembro de 1764, aportou no Rio de Janeiro, constatando que as fortificações da cidade estavam deterioradas.
