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Robert Moresby (15 de juny de 1794 - 15 de juny de 1854, va ser un capità important de la British Royal Navy. També va ser un excel·lent hidrògraf. marí Va cartografiar el Mar Roig i alguns arxipèlags de l'Oceà Índic com les Maldives, Laccadives i Chagos per assegurar la ruta, per a vaixells de vapor, d'Europa a les Índies occidentals. (ca) Robert Moresby (* 1795; † 16. Juni 1854 in Southampton) war ein Kapitän der britisch-indischen Marine, der an der Vermessung und Kartographierung des Indischen Ozeans maßgeblich beteiligt war. (de) Robert Moresby (15 June 1794 – 15 June 1854) was a captain of the East India Company's Bombay Marine/Indian Navy who distinguished himself as a hydrographer, maritime surveyor and draughtsman. As a Lieutenant under Commander Thomas Elwon, Moresby was part of a two-ship exercise engaged (from 1829 to 1832) in charting the dangerous waters of the Red Sea. Later, he also charted some coralline archipelagoes of the Indian Ocean, such as the Maldives, Laccadives and Chagos in the 1820s and '30s. This work ensured that the route from Europe to the East Indies became viable for the new steam vessels. Robert Moresby was a son of Mr Fairfax Moresby of Lichfield, Staffs, late of India, where Fairfax Moresby had practised as a lawyer. Fairfax Moresby and his wife Mary Rotten had 6 boys and 3 girls, the eldest of whom was Sir Fairfax Moresby, Admiral of the British Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Channel Squadron and Pacific Station. Robert Moresby's relation to the family is uncertain and it is possible he was the son of another liaison of his father, which might explain his employment in the Bombay Marine, which suffered greatly from being at the bottom of the East India Company's pecking order. (en) |
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Robert Moresby (15 de juny de 1794 - 15 de juny de 1854, va ser un capità important de la British Royal Navy. També va ser un excel·lent hidrògraf. marí Va cartografiar el Mar Roig i alguns arxipèlags de l'Oceà Índic com les Maldives, Laccadives i Chagos per assegurar la ruta, per a vaixells de vapor, d'Europa a les Índies occidentals. (ca) Robert Moresby (* 1795; † 16. Juni 1854 in Southampton) war ein Kapitän der britisch-indischen Marine, der an der Vermessung und Kartographierung des Indischen Ozeans maßgeblich beteiligt war. (de) Robert Moresby (15 June 1794 – 15 June 1854) was a captain of the East India Company's Bombay Marine/Indian Navy who distinguished himself as a hydrographer, maritime surveyor and draughtsman. As a Lieutenant under Commander Thomas Elwon, Moresby was part of a two-ship exercise engaged (from 1829 to 1832) in charting the dangerous waters of the Red Sea. Later, he also charted some coralline archipelagoes of the Indian Ocean, such as the Maldives, Laccadives and Chagos in the 1820s and '30s. This work ensured that the route from Europe to the East Indies became viable for the new steam vessels. (en) |
