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Discovery of Port Moresby

When: February 1873
Where: Papuan Peninsula
Part of: John Moresby discovers and claims Port Moresby

Captain John Moresby discovered the site of Port Moresby in February 1873 while commanding HMS Basilisk.

Moresby was the first Briton to see the site. The crew of HMS Basilisk surveyed the southern shore of New Guinea. The location is on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula, on the shores of the Coral Sea.

Sources

Port Moresby Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25

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