CFMHAL P^CIFli ISLAIiDS DATA, 
r^or® Ko. 1-A.j 
Location of 
Islands: 
Islai^s 
Visited: 
GARDNER (mips 
jVessel 
GAHOBS 
. Hailing ^ ^ ^ 
Ship Port: New Bedford Tons: 
^iishcd: He« Bddfojrd* Maas. 
Source of 
Inforaationt 
New Bedford Coarier 
Date of 
Issue: 
Issue: I)eceial)er 11 
Hew Bedford# 
^ 88 « 
Author: 
V 
Title or Subject: NBsf ISLANDS# 
Subject Matter: 
Capt. Joshoa Coffin, of the ship Ganges, of this place, in his 
last cruise in the Pacific Ocean, discovered four Islands not 
laid donn on his charts* l!he first he named Gardner's Island, 
in honour of his omers, is in lat. 4 deg. 30 min. S* long. 174 
deg. 22 min. W. (Che land of this island nas loa and nell wooded 
Ihe second which ho called Coffin's Island, is in lat. 51 deg* 
13 min. S* long* 178 deg* 54 min* 15 sec. W* About 12 miles V* 
^ H* flrom this Island a very dangerous reef. The two others 
which Capt. Coffin discovered, he named Ganges' Island. One 
lies in 10 deg. 25 min. S. long. 160 deg. 45 min. W. the other 
is in lat. 10 deg. long. 161 deg* W* They were inhabited, and 
the natives came along side with their canoes, loaded with 
cocoanuts, Ao* - - - (HAHTCCKET PQUIBEa) 
C.P.l. Ed. Hotet Gardner Island is 40 41' S, 1740 34 * v, 
(H. 0. Pub. Ho. 166, Tol* II, 4th ed*, 1933, p* 466) 
See Reporta 1030 to 1038 inc* 
Checked by: P. D. BrOwn 
Hditod by: H. Canney. 
Copied hy: JJary Downsy 
Date: Dec., 16, 1940 
-13# 
Report No: I 1029 
B, Bw T. 
Proofread by: J. L, Whalen 
