We have pleasure informing our members and interested parties of the launch of a new book by Jane Ashelford on the life and times of Philip De Carteret R.N.
Published by
http://www.ex-librisbooks.co.uk/jersey
Philip De Carteret R.N.
Born in Jersey in 1733, De Carteret twice circumnavigated the globe, crossing vast, uncharted stretches of the Pacific. He discovered and named some twenty islands, including Pitcairn and the eponymous Carteret Islands.
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les noms de mes ancêtres sont de Carteret (guy dit l’oiseleur ) et ELIE SYVRET 1761- marié a HAMPTONNE 1740-
Nom de ma mère LHUISSIERE VILLE ST MALO
Bonjour
j’ai un ancêtre Sir Richard De Carteret 1452/1502 marié a Margareth HARLISTON 1452/1473
Son frère Edouard de CARTERET marié à Marie SARRE Ascendant de Diana spencer
My historic family of VALPY have connections to the De Carteret’s of Jersey.
According to my and other researchers I am a 5th cousin of Capt Phillip De Carteret the navigator. I have always wondered why there seems to be no public recognition of this
gentleman, a statue or something in a public place.
I am a firm believer that had he been better equipted by the Royal Navy with a
more seaworthy vessel he may have gone on after discovering Pitcairn Island and found
New Zealand & Australia before Capt James Cook.