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Peter Kenney Hibbs (c. 1757 – 12 September 1847) was an English mariner and a member of the First Fleet to Australia in 1788. An able seaman on , Hibbs was also one of few First Fleet members known to have settled in the new Colony of New South Wales in 1788.〔〔 Hibbs also claimed to have come earlier to Australia in 1770 as a crewman onboard the HMS ''Endeavour'' with Captain James Cook,〔〔〔〔 and to have stepped ashore at Botany Bay with Joseph Banks.〔〔〔 However no primary independent evidence exists to verify these claims.〔〔 Remaining in Australia after 1778, Hibbs played a significant role in the exploration of Tasmania and the eastern seaboard of Australia. * In 1798-99, as master (captain) of the colonial built ''Norfolk'',〔 and chosen by his previous master (captain) of HMS ''Sirius'', John Hunter, who was now governor of New South Wales, Hibbs commanded the first vessel to circumnavigate Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania). This voyage proved that Tasmania was an island and proved the existence of Bass Strait. The discovery of the Bass Straight shortened the travel distance from England to Sydney, as previously the ships had sailed to the south of Tasmania.〔〔 * In 1799, as master of the colonial built ''Norfolk'',〔〔〔 and chosen by his previous master of HMS ''Sirius'', John Hunter, who was now governor of New South Wales, Hibbs commanded the first vessel to sail north from Port Jackson (Sydney) to explore and chart Moreton Bay and Hervey Bay.〔〔 In the 1798-99 voyage around Tasmania, Hibbs had been carrying Matthew Flinders and George Bass aboard the ''Norfolk'', and in the 1799 voyage north Hibbs had been carrying Matthew Finders. Flinders named a cluster of features on the west coast of Tasmania after Hibbs.〔 Hibbs also claimed to have taken part in an earlier expedition〔〔〔〔 in 1789 led by Governor Arthur Phillip which resulted in the discovery of the Hawkesbury River.〔〔〔 Again no primary independent evidence exists to verify this claim. ==Named in his honour== On 11 December 1798,〔〔 as the ''Norfolk'' sailed south down the west coast during the successful circumnavigation of Tasmania, Matthew Flinders named a number of coastal features after Hibbs: *Hibbs Bay, a bay on the western coast of Tasmania south of Macquarie Harbour *Hibbs Lagoon, a lagoon on the northern shore of Hibbs Bay *Hibbs River, a river flowing into Hibbs Lagoon and then discharging into Hibbs Bay *Hibbs Pyramid, a pyramid shaped island in southern Hibbs Bay *Point Hibbs, a headland at the southern extremity of Hibbs Bay "Bass and Flinders named all kinds of geographical features in their own names on their trip around Tasmania. Peter Hibbs was the only other person after whom they named several Tasmanian geographical features - apart from a couple in honour of Peter’s wife, Mary."〔Allen Maunder (1995), ''Sailing on...The Hibbs Line'', Allen Maunder (publisher), quoted at (Peter Hibbs, Australia's unsung mariner ). Retrieved 21 February 2013〕 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「Peter Hibbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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