X. 
GAUDUER 
Lat« 28 ° OS* H. 
Lon, 167° 40* W, 
Hew Bq<lford Mercury 
Jtino 8,1821 
Benr Bedford 
laROE^ 
Ship 
XIV 
Pabllo Lllnrary 
1820 
Bew BodftrdjEass, 
5 2 
Pllos 
Capt, Josopli Allen ' 
From Saatubkot, Jone 4* 
’•Letters were received yesterday from the ship Mare, Ca|^, 
Joseph Allen; one of which, to the owners, 
after recruiting his ship in May, 1820, at the and^ic 
Islands, he proceeded for the coast of Ja^n; and in 
lat. 36 K. and long. 160 to 170 E. he in 3 months took 1100 
hbls. oil. Capt. Allen states, that in ^t. 25 3, H. and 
lone. 167 40 W. he nrnde an Island; and in lat. 
Ion. 170 20, he discovered a very dangerous Reef, neitisr 
Of w-hich are laid down, in any of his charts . He gave the 
name of Gardner to the Island, and the Reef he called 
lliTo;- after the owner end shlp*3 names. 
C.F.I. Ed. Eotes The text of this report is one item In a 
nows column, the rest of which is irrele^t, 
"Oardner Island was discovered by Capt. Allen, ^ 
Maro. June 2, 1820. There is no doubt but that^it is the _ _ 
S a=”he An - of '.W - Eo.k .nnn th. Polland lajl- 
erd Island of the -mericans.^cording to its 
Ts a island, about a mile in oircumferanoe, 
having at its S.W. point two largo rocks, ruijMng off to tho 
H.h', Capt. Stanikowitch places it in lat. 25 3 H., long. 
169^ 1* 30 " W, lAeuti Brooke, U.S.H., makes its cen^o in lat. . . 
25* 0» 40" and 24 farther East, By his description it la “ . ^ 
iLoenslArronA 170 ft. Ueh. »lth n nntn of oloy 600 n.,.nd . 
smaller rook close to its S.H. extremity, from which a reef 
rakes out half a mile. A bank, with to ^0 fathons water, 
surrounds tho rook, extending westward about 6 . 
S.W. more than 8 miles. “(Findlay's D^eotory of the north 
Pacific Ocean, Third Ed« 1886, p» 1112) 
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See Report IIGS 
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A»J* Macdonald 
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Grace Anthony • 40 
June 19,1940 
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