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Undated Map of Pacific Ocean. |
Chart to illustrate the story of Pitcairn Island based by permission on a map prepared for the Royal Geographical Society by courtesy of the Society and of Sir Everard im Thurn.
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Notes.
Sir Everard Ferdinand im Thurn KCMG KBE CB FRAI (9 May 1852 – 9 October 1932) was an author, explorer, botanist, photographer and British colonial administrator. He was High Commissioner for the Western Pacific and Governor of Fiji in the years 1904–1910. [Wikipedia] ——
The Chart. The first published version of this chart was the "Chart to illustrate the paper on European Influences in the Pacific Ocean", that followed page 356, in the Geographical Journal, Volume 45 No. 4. (May 1915). Everard im Thurn was the author an article in that issue: "European Influence in the Pacific, 1513 - 1914." (pp.301-322)" The version used in the Privy Council document was adapted from the image in Sir Charles Lucas (ed.) The Pitcairn Island register book., London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1929. |
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Source.
Document no. 90. "Undated Map of Pacific Ocean." Page 1502.
This transription was made from the collection of documents at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library.
Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, Dec 16, 2024.
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