Commodore Byron: 1764-1766, Dolphin and Tamar

United Kingdom	03/07/1764	Dolphin and Tamar leave Plymouth
Portugal - Madeira	12/07/1764 13/07/1764 20/07/1764	Near rocks called the Deserts. Anchor in Funchiale Bay. Dolphin and Tamar set sail accompanied by the Crown and Ferrit.
España	21/07/1764	Passed the island of Palma in the Canaries.
Cabo Verde	27/07/1764 30/07/1764 02/08/1764	Sighted Isle of Sal. Anchors at the bay of Port Praya on the Island of St. Jago. Leave Port Praya
Brasil	11/09/1764 12/09/1764 19/10/1764	Sighted Cape Frio. Enter harbour of Rio de Janeiro. Weighed anchor but delayed by lack of wind.
Republica Argentina	17/11/1764 21/11/1764 05/12/1764 18/12/1764	Sighted Cape Blanco on Patagonian coast. Enter Port Desire. Leave Port Desire to look for Pepys Island. Cape St. Mary at the entrance to the Straits of Magellan.
Chile	21/12/1764 27/12/1764 07/01/1765	Entered the Straits of Magellan. Anchored at Port Famine. Left Straits of Magellan for the Falkland Islands.
Falkland Islands	11/01/1765 14/01/1765 27/01/1765 28/01/1765	Dolphin first sight of the Falkland Islands. Anchored at Port Egmont on West Falkland. Left Port Egmont. Reached Berkeley Sound and then sailed to the south of the islands.
Republica Argentina	05/02/1765 14/02/1765	Returned to Port Desire. Met up with Florida store ship. Put to sea headed for the Straits of Magellan.
Chile	17/02/1765 20/02/1765 25/02/1765 09/04/1765 20/04/1765 28/04/1765 30/04/1765	Entered Straits of Magellan. Anchored at Port Famine. Dolphin and Tamar head for Pacific. Florida heads for Britain. Finally made it into the Pacific. Sighted Mafa Fuero, the Western of Juan Fernandez Islands. Anchored at Mafa Fuero. Sailed from Juan Fernandez Islands.
Polynésie Française	07/06/1765 10/06/1765 13/06/1765	Sights islands of Tepoto or Napuka. Named Isles of Disappointment. Landed on Takaroa and Takapoto. Named King George Islands. Rangiroa atoll. Prince of Wales Island.
Penrhyn - Northern Cook Islands	21/06/1765	Puka Puka, which Byron named Danger Island.
Tokelau	24/06/1765	Visited uninhabited Atafu.
Kiribati	02/07/1765 03/07/1765	Sighted Byron Island. Unable to get safe moorings, they sail north.
Northern Mariana Islands	30/07/1765 01/10/1765 03/10/1765	Sighted Saypan, Tinian and Aiguigan. Ships set sail from Tinian. At Anatacan Island. Then sailed Westward.
Pilipinas	22/10/1765 30/10/1765	Sights Bashé or Babuyan Islands north of Philippines. Sails down west side of Philippines and through the Spratly Islands
Malaysia	03/11/1765 05/11/1765 07/11/1765	Came in sight of Pulo Timoan off East Coast of Malaya. Anchored off Pulo Timoan. Left Pulo Timoan to sail south.
Republik Indonesia	16/11/1765 28/11/1765 10/12/1765 20/12/1765	Passed through channel between Sumatra and Bangka. Anchored at Batavia. Leaves Batavia for Straits of Sunda between Java and Sumatra. Finally leaves the East Indies for the Cape of Good Hope.
South Africa	10/02/1766 13/02/1766 07/03/1766	Sighted the coast of Africa. Anchored in Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope. Leave Table Bay.
St. Helena	16/03/1766	Passed rocks off island of St. Helena.
Antigua	01/04/1766	Tamar headed for Antigua to get rudder repaired.
United Kingdom	07/05/1766 09/05/1766	Sighted the Isles of Scilly. Dolphin casts anchor in the Downs.