Map of Nauru, 1914 John Fearn (born ca. 1768, fl. 1798) was an English ship captain, notable as the first European to report sighting the Pacific island of Nauru.multiple authors and consultors, Dorling Kindersley, History (original title), He was probably born on 24 August 1768 in Kingston upon Hull.Register of Bowl Alley Lane Presbyterian Chapel quoted in Voyage of discovery Captain Fearn departed Calcutta in the first half of 1798 in command of the snow Hunter (300 tons), owned by Campbell, Clarke & Co of Calcutta. Among those on board was supercargo and partner in the firm that owned the vessel, Robert Campbell. The newly built vessel was named after the then governor of New South Wales, John Hunter, and carried a speculative cargo of mixed goods and when it arrived it, “came to a very advantageous market, the Colony being at the time of her arrival, in great want of stores and provisions.”Steven, Margaret (1965) Merchant Campbell 1769-1846: A study of colonial trade, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, p.24 The Hunter reached Sydney on 10 June 1798. Cumpston, J.S. (1977) Shipping arrivals & departures Sydney, 1788-1825, Canberra, Roebuck, p.33. Hunter departed Sydney 20 August 1798 bound for New Zealand , where six weeks was spent at the Thames River, in the North Island, taking spars.Cumpston, p.33Richards, Rhys, "The easternmost route to China 1787-1792, Part II," The Great Circle, 8 (2) October 1986, p.111 She sailed from New Zealand in October and went on to discover Hunter Island (sometimes called Fearn Island) and then Nauru, which was sighted on 8 November 1798.Sharp, Andrew (1962), The discovery of the Pacific Islands, Oxford University Press, p.181 Captain Fearn named it Pleasant Island due to its attractive appearance.
Map of Nauru, 1914 John Fearn (born ca. 1768, fl. 1798) was an English ship captain, notable as the first European to report sighting the Pacific island of Nauru.multiple authors and consultors, Dorling Kindersley, History (original title), He was probably born on 24 August 1768 in Kingston upon Hull.Register of Bowl Alley Lane Presbyterian Chapel quoted in Voyage of discovery Captain Fearn departed Calcutta in the first half of 1798 in command of the snow Hunter (300 tons), owned by Campbell, Clarke & Co of Calcutta. Among those on board was supercargo and partner in the firm that owned the vessel, Robert Campbell. The newly built vessel was named after the then governor of New South Wales, John Hunter, and carried a speculative cargo of mixed goods . It arrived at Sydney on 17 June 1798 where it, “came to a very advantageous market, the Colony being at the time of her arrival, in great want of stores and provisions.”Steven, Margaret (1965) Merchant Campbell 1769-1846: A study of colonial trade, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, p.24 Cumpston, J.S. (1977) Shipping arrivals & departures Sydney, 1788-1825, Canberra, Roebuck, p.33. Hunter departed Sydney 20 August 1798 bound for New Zealand . On arrival six weeks was spent at the Thames River, in the North Island, taking spars.Cumpston, p.33Richards, Rhys, "The easternmost route to China 1787-1792, Part II," The Great Circle, 8 (2) October 1986, p.111 She sailed from New Zealand in October and went on to discover Hunter Island (sometimes called Fearn Island) and then Nauru, which was sighted on 8 November 1798.Sharp, Andrew (1962), The discovery of the Pacific Islands, Oxford University Press, p.181 Captain Fearn named it Pleasant Island due to its attractive appearance.
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