What is Philip Carteret?
{{Infobox_Person | name =Philip Carteret | residence = | other_names = | image =Philip_Carteret.jpg | imagesize =200px | caption =Philip Carteret | birth_name =Philippe Carteret <ref>{{cite web |url= http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/CHANNEL-ISLANDS/1998-04/0892218195 |title=Philip Carteret |accessdate=2008-07-27 |author= Brian Read |date=April 10, 1998 |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref> | birth_date = 23 January 1733 | birth_place = England | death_date = 21 July 1796 | death_place = [[Southhampton]], England | death_cause = | known = | occupation = Sailor, [[Explorer]] | title =Vice Admiral | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Mary Rachel Silvester | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer =[[Royal Navy]] | height = }} '''[[Philip Carteret (colonial governor)|Philip]] Carteret''' (22 January 1733 – 21 July 1796) was an [[England|English]] [[officer]] in the [[Royal Navy]]. He was one of the lieutenants on [[John Byron]]'s [[circumnavigation]] (sailing around) of the [[world]] in 1764. After this long voyage, he found a liking to this, and he went around the world again as part of the Royal Navy's exploration in 1766. ==Early life== Carteret joined the Royal Navy in 1747, at the age of 14. He first served on the ''Salisbury,'' And he worked with / sailed with the British admiral, [[:en:John_Byron|John Byron]]. Carteret worked with John from 1751, to 1755. <ref name=nmm>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/archive/catalogue/record.cfm?ID=CAR%2F1-10 |title=Carteret, Philip, Rear-Admiral, Ca.1733-1796... – CAR/1-10 |publisher=www.nmm.ac.uk |accessdate=2009-05-03 |archive-date=2009-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906074025/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/archive/catalogue/record.cfm?ID=CAR%2F1%2D10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>after finishing work on the ''Salisbury,'' he set off on a world wide trip with John Bryon, and this trip lasted for 2 years. From