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Adventure Bay is the name of both a township and a geographical feature on the eastern side of Bruny Island, Tasmania. At the , Adventure Bay and the surrounding area had a population of 152. == Early history == The first European to sight the bay was explorer Abel Tasman, who sought to anchor his vessel ''Heemskerck'' there in 1642. Instead, ''Heemskerck'' was driven back offshore by a storm, in token of which Tasman named the place Storm Bay. Captain Tobias Furneaux renamed it in March 1773, in honour of his ship , which he had anchored in the bay for five days after becoming separated from Captain James Cook's during Cook's second voyage to the Pacific search of Terra Australis Incognita.〔 Furneaux's log made clear the bay was an excellent anchorage for resupplying vessels: To the SW of the first watering place there is a large lagoon which I believe has plenty of fish in it for one of our Gentlemen caught upwards of 2 dozen trout, and shot a possum which was the only animal we saw. There are a great many gum trees and of a vast thickness and height, one of which measured in circumference 26 feet and the height under the branches was 20 feet." Others among Furneaux's crew spotted evidence of what they believed were small deer but were more likely kangaroos.〔 Furneaux also noted signs of an Aboriginal settlement in the form of "several huts or wigwams on shore, with several bags of grass in which they carry their shellfish."〔 - but the branches of which the huts were made were "split and torn" and there was "not the least appearance of any people."〔 Reliably mapped and offering an abundance of water, fresh water and game, Adventure Bay quickly became a popular anchorage for European explorers. Cook's ''Resolution'' watered there in 1777, followed by William Bligh aboard in 1788 and in 1792. Others who resupplied their vessels in the bay in this period included Bruni d'Entrecasteaux aboard ''Recherché'' in 1792 and 1793, and Nicolas Baudin in the corvette ''Géographe'' in 1802. Matthew Flinders also tried to enter the bay with ''Norfolk'' in 1798. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adventure Bay, Tasmania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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