James Burney
1750–1821
Naval officer and writer. Sailed with Cook on his second (1772–4) and third (1776–80) voyages. Forced to retire, 1782. Rear-Admiral, 1821. Wrote accounts of his voyages of discovery.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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