Francis Chichester
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Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.
The former Rectory in Shirwell, Devon, birthplace of Francis Chichester; photographed in 2017
Memorial to Francis Chichester in St Peter's church, Shirwell
The grave of Francis Chichester in the churchyard of St Peter's Church in Shirwell, Devon
Lord Howe Island
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Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km (320 nmi) directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km (420 nmi) northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km (490 nmi) southwest of Norfolk Island. It is about 10 km (6.2 mi) long and between 0.3 and 2.0 km wide with an area of 14.55 km2, though just 3.98 km2 of that comprise the low-lying developed part of the island.
The extinct white gallinule (Porphyrio albus). A drawing made in May 1788 by Arthur Bowes Smyth who was the surgeon aboard Lady Penrhyn, a ship of the First Fleet heading for China on its return trip to England
Lord Howe Island Maritime Museum and Information Centre
"Expedition to the South Seas: HMS Herald and steamship tender Torch" The Illustrated London News, 15 May 1852