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Samuel Wallis
1795Jan, 21

Samuel Wallis

Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (b. 1728)
Samuel Wallis (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795 in London) was a British naval officer and explorer of the Pacific Ocean. He made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti.

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