OTmL PACIFIC ISLe\NIB DATA 
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Islands GARpIIHii (l„iI.IINS) 
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Location of T^at . 4®„3Q! ,S. 
_Islands: Lon,1^4°22' W. 
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Hailing 
Port:' ITantuclcet 
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Soiu-oo of national Gasetto and viiore 
pabiiBhod: Philadelphia, Pa 
Iiilomiation: r • a- .^4 
Latorary K^gistar 
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Issue: December 20, 1827,, 
City or 
T ovm: Kay; Bedford, Custody; Public Library 
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Author: 
Title or Si^bjeot: 
Pago; I-L^k>lumn; 
liibretry Call No; Piles 
Subject liatter: 
The Kantuclcet Inquirer givs the follov/ing account of the discovery 
of Neu Islands;- Captain Joshua Coffin, of the ship Ganges, of this 
place, in his last cruise in the Pacific Ocean, discovered four 
islands not laid down on his charts. The first, v/hich he named 
Gardner’s Island, in honour of his ownei’S, is in lat. 4 30 3. 
long. 174 22 V/. The land of this Island was low and well wooded. 
The "second, which he called Coffin's Island, in lat. 51 13 S. 
long. 178 54 V/. About 12 miles W. by N. from this Island, is a 
very dangerous reef. The two others v/hich Capt. C. discovered he 
named Ganges Islands. One lies in lat. 10 S. long. 161 W. They 
were Inhabited, and the natives came alongside with canoes 
loaded with cocoa nuts, etc. One of the natives stole a hatchet 
from the Ganges, and got into his canoe, and having manifested 
an unwillingness to return it, Capt G. discharged a pistol at 
some distance over the heads of the natives in^their canoes, v/hen 
they all fell as Instantly as if they had received an electric 
shod.; and after lying apparently lifeless for a short time, 
they all started up, seized their paddles, and rov/ed off v/lth 
an astonishing velocity. The natives probably had no knowledge 
of fire arms. 
C.P.I. Sd. Note: Gardner (Kemins) Island is 4° 41' S., 174° 54 ’ 
W., H.O. Chart No. 125. (H.O. Pub. No. 166,'Vol, I 4th ed. 1933, 
p. 468) 
See Reports 1922-1925 inc. 
Checked by: 
P,D. Brov/n 
Edited by; A* J • LiitLC<3.0113.1(1 
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