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PI. 1 . A dawn view of Caroline as seen from the ocean in 1 988 but virtually identical with that seen by the atoll's Western "discoverer.' 

 de Quiros, in 1606. 





PI. 2a. A clearing on South Island from which the Solar Eclipse Party made their observations in 1 KX3. Today the area is covered with 

 dense Cocos forest (from Holden & Qualtrough, 1884). 



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