Francis Joseph Bayldon (1872–1948) was an Australian master mariner and nautical instructor. Born in England, he was apprenticed to Devitt & Moore, and was an officer on their passenger ships, on a route that circled the globe, around the Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope

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 and Cape Horn

Cape Horn

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. He was later with the Canadian-Australian Line, sailing between Vancouver

Vancouver

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 and Sydney, Australia. He was on the Burns Philp

Burns Philp

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 ship, the Moresby in 1901-1902.

He helped correct nautical charts for Pacific navigation. Bayldon Shoals, near Tulagi

Tulagi

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 in the Solomon Islands

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 is named for him.

He was a fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society

Royal Australian Historical Society

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, and in 1925, published an article on the journeys of Luis Váez de Torres fron the New Hebrides

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 to the Moluccas. He was also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society

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.