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Wake Island . 19 10* 54" II. 
(Hydrographic Pilot) 
19^ 15* N., 166° 30* Br 
(Brigham). 
19° 17* 22" U., 166° 31* 
30" Eh (Hydrographic 
ohhrt). *•- 
Annexed-by U. S. in 1898-or 19G0. 
r. 
A coral lagoon island, "20-25" 
miles long (Brigham), or about 6 miles 
long IHydr. chart); 8 feet high; cover¬ 
ed with a "low and sparse vegetation"- 
when Brigham saw it in 1865. Ho did 
not land. - J -—- 
heavy 
Said to have "larg^brush" in 
places, at E. part of the island (Hydr. 
Pilot). 
Wilkes visited the island 
December 20, 1841. Peale (MS. journal 
in L.C.) estimated the island was about ^ 
3 miles long, and 12 feet high; no fresh 
water; no trees (other vegetation not 
mentioned by him); some large blocks 
of coral had been thrown up on beach. 
Peale says "Rats were oommon" - 
his J&is. eaculans . 
The following birds were found 
by Peale, on December 20. 1841 . 
Diomedoa braohvura . Breeding, with 
eggs. 
"Sula bassanus ." With eggs. "The 
bassanus always lays on the 
ground." 
