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, Dates and Events and Visits to Decker 
Dates of Visit or 
Event 
Personnel 
Tangger Expedtion 
Trip E. 
July 15-18, 1924 
K*P.Emory 
E.Christophersen 
H.S.Palmer 
T.T.Dranga 
A. Landgraf 
W. G. Anderson 
W.Bush 
K.I.Hanson 
G. Kimball 
Nov. 4, 1786 
La Perouse 
April 29 , 
Jojpi Cameron 
N.C. Brooks 
Sept. 17, 1905 
A.P.Niblack (Cpt) 
G.P.Wilder 
Remarks 
Source 
u At the request of the National Research Council, the 
Nay Department, acting through Rear Admiral John D. 
MaoDonaled, Commandatn at Pearl Harbor provied the 
Tanager (Captain McCleary) for a resurvey of Nihoa and 
Decker. Harpld S. Palmer (geologist and cheif of party), 
Kenneth P. Emory (ethnologist), Erling Christophersen 
(botanist) Theodore T. Dranga (conchologist), A. Landgraf 
(topographer), Anderson et al (collectors and assistants) 
Tanager left Honolulu on the evening of July 7 and after 
visiting Nihoa camped on Necker from the morning of 
July 15 to the adternoon of July 18. Vegetation found to 
be more scanty than in 1923. Work primarily ethnological. 
Discovered by La Perouse in 1786 and annexed to Hawaii in 
1895 * Description, hill heights, best landing spots. 
Discovered island at 23 3^- N 166 52 W. named the island 
Necker. On 5 November discovered some shoals (FFS) 
Commander of two French vessels, the Boussole and the 
Astrolabe. Pert.ref. Volyage of La Perouse, ed. 
Milet-Mureau, M.L.A. (London, 1798) vol. i, pp. 235-239? 
vol. ii, pp. 158 - 203 . 
Visited Neckar (SIC) but did not land and gives no 
descriptive details. 
Gambia , arrived of Necker April 29 giving position 
as 23 35 N 16k ^0 W. Gambia-- American barque 
On Iroquois , passed island but did not land. Gives 
189 V as annexation date® and captain James A. King 
as the one who put up the flag pole. 
Gregory, 1925 
G.B.H.Dept. 
19*1-5. 
Sharp, i 960 
Cameron, 1928 
Brooks, i860 
Wilder, 1905 . 
