Citations:Wake's Island

English citations of Wake's Island

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• [1803, John William Norie, “XX. Islands, Rocks, and Shoals in the NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.”, in A Complete Set of Nautical Tables, Containing All that are Requisite‎^[1], London: Author & William Heather, →OCLC, page 237:

  Places. Latitude. Longitude.
  [...]
  Wake's Island. . . 19 0 0 166 46 0
  [...]
  Wake's Rocks 17 48 0 173 45 0]

• 1818, Amasa Delano, A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres‎^[2], 2nd edition, Boston: E. G. House, →OCLC, pages 529–530:

  The Pereseverance^{[sic – meaning Perseverance]} proceeded on her voyage towards Canton, and arrived at the Sandwich Islands on the 8th of September, where we took in fresh provisions and water, and sailed again on the 30th. There are several islets and rock, which lie directly in the track of vessels bound from the Sandwich Islands to Canton, that are very dangerous if fallen in with in the night ; two of which were discovered by captain Wake, and are called Wake's Island and Rocks. I did not fail in with them, but having received their latitude and longitude from a friend, I will here insert it for the information of those who may be bound on this voyage, although I do not accountable for its being correct. The latitude of Wake's Island is 19° 00' north, and the longitude 193° 12' west. Wake's Rocks are in latitude 17° 48' north, and in longitude 186° 12' west.

• 1845, Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States' Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842‎^[3], Condensed and Abridged edition, London: Whittaker and Co., →OCLC, pages 311, 312:

  Wake's Island next claimed my attention. On the 19th we reached its parallel, and hove-to till daylight of the 20th, when we discovered it, bearing west-by-north, about nine miles distant.[...]Wake's Island is a low coral one, of triangular form, and eight feet above the surface.[...]The position of Wake's Island was found by my observations of equal altitudes on shore to be in longitude 166° 31' 30" E., and latitude 19° 10' 54'7 N.

• 1850, Charles Pickering, The Races of Man; and their Geographical Distribution‎^[4], London: H. G. Bohn, →OCLC, page 54:

  The Pandanus prevails more generally; and unlike the Cocoa palm, it has evidently diffused itself in a good measure without human aid. The only important exception to its universal presence was found at Wake's Island, which is uninhabited, and remote from other lands.

• 1860 February 14, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Dana: Two Years Before the Mast and Other Voyages‎^[5], New York: Literary Classics of the United States, published 2005, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 638:

  Tuesd. Feb. 14. At 11 A.M., sailing along, in beautiful serene weather, & gentle breese, — “Land ho! Right ahead!” — “Keep her up — Keep her up North West. Brace the yards!” called us all on deck. We were going directly towards a low island, of coral reefs, just emerging above the water, & very near it, too. We could see the surf break upon it. Had we made it last night, we should probably have struck, the land is so low & the reefs extend out so far. Went into main top with glass. Island about 5 miles long, from S. E. to N. W., with heavy breakers on the N. W. end, a few trees & shrubs & grass, in parts. S. E. end has a grove of trees. We are in Lat. 19° 22' N. & our Longitude is supposed to be 166° 28' E., but as our chronometer has stopped we cannot be sure of the latter. Wake’s Isl. is in 19° 10' N. & Long. 166° 30' E. by the general chart. It is, therefore, no doubt, Wake’s Island. We strained our eyes to see if we could discover any signs of habitation, or signals fr. shipwrecked mariners, but could see none. Should have liked much to land on it, & search for fruits & berries & make sure that no one was on it.

• 1890 [1888 March 19], H. B. Guppy, “Coral Islands and Savage Myths”, in Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain‎^[6], volume XXIII, Hansard Publishing Union, page 50:

  We possess no reliable evidence to show that a coral atoll is rapidly formed. On the other hand, we know that atolls have remained in their existing condition for centuries. The present Wake's Island, when it was first discovered to the north of the Marshall Islands by the Spaniards in 1567, had much the appearance that it presented to Commodore Wilkes in 1840.

• 1898 August 29, “TROOPS ON WAKE'S ISLAND”, in New York Times‎^[7], volume 47, page 4‎^[8]:

  Remains of a ship’s block and an iron bolt were discovered, but no other trace of wreckage appeared. Wake’s Island might prove useful as a landing place for a cable that in future may be laid from Honolulu to the Philippines, in case of the Government determining to retain the newly conquered islands, but the erection of a condensing apparatus to obtain fresh water would be a primary need.

• 1909 August 21, “THE TRUTH ABOUT PRATAS ISLAND”, in The Japan Weekly Mail‎^[9], volume LII, number 8, Yokohama, page 241:

  Thus they went further afield in their depredations, and only last Summer, it will be remembered, a party of Japanese bird-hunters was rescued by a Brazilian training-ship as far south as Wake’s Island, just as their provisions and water had petered out, and were brought on to Hongkong.