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European and American voyages of scientific exploration (10,466 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

survey of the Gulf of Papua, New Guinea, the Fly River was named after HMS Fly. For the most of its seaworthy existence, Fly was captained by Francis

George Parsons (shipbuilder) (856 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

yard by 1774 at Bursledon Point on the Hamble, though the advertisement in 1776 for "a good burdensome well built Sloop, about 30 tons, just finished" suggested

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joined the Navy in 1769 aged eleven, and first went to sea aboard the sloop HMS Fly. In 1771 he moved to the larger HMS Southampton and under her captain John