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John Watts (Royal Navy officer)

John Watts (Royal Navy officer)

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John Watts (1755–1801) was a Royal Navy officer.[1] He served as a midshipman in Resolution on James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific in 1776–1780. In 1787–1789, while on leave from the navy, he sailed as a passenger on Lady Penrhyn with the First Fleet to New South Wales, and acted as supercargo on the return voyage to England via Canton.

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Extracts from Watts's journal of the First Fleet voyage appear in The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, as do three plates after his sketches.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Robson, John (2014). "John Watts (1755–1801)". Captain Cook Society. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. [2]
    Phillip (1789)

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