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Philip Carteret

1733 - 1796

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Rear-Admiral Philip Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity (22 January 1733, Trinity Manor, Jersey – 21 July 1796, Southampton) was a British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764–66 and 1766–69. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Carteret has received more than 68,952 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Philip Carteret is the 335th most popular explorer, the 3rd most popular biography from Jersey (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Explorer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

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  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Philip Carteret ranks 335 out of 498. Before him are Friedrich Welwitsch, Louis de Freycinet, Pyotr Beketov, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, John C. Frémont, and Félix de Azara. After him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Álvaro Fernandes, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, and John Biscoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Philip Carteret ranks 15. Before him are Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, Daniel Solander, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Maruyama Ōkyo, and George Read. After him are Adam Naruszewicz, Johan Zoffany, Ismail III, Richard Kirwan, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, and Mikhail Kheraskov. Among people deceased in 1796, Philip Carteret ranks 24. Before him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, François Séverin Marceau, William Chambers, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, and Juan José Elhuyar. After him are Adam Naruszewicz, David Allan, Ulrika Pasch, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Anthony Wayne, and Samuel Huntington.

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In Jersey

Among people born in Jersey, Philip Carteret ranks 3 out of 8. Before him are Wace (1100), and Henry Cavill (1983). After him are Lillie Langtry (1853), Elinor Glyn (1864), Guru Josh (1964), Graeme Le Saux (1968), and Brett Pitman (1988).

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Among EXPLORERS In Jersey

Among explorers born in Jersey, Philip Carteret ranks 1. 

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