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Platte Grond van het Nederlandsch-Eiland

Title

Platte Grond van het Nederlandsch-Eiland

Description

The map shows a part of the Tanrake island, Nui Atoll, Tuvalu.

Date

1829

Accession number

British Library HMNTS 10002.d.10.

Notes

The Tanrake island is a populated place in the Pacific Ocean. The location is 7.25°S 177.15°E. The dutch expedition found the Tanake Islands at the morning of June 14th, 1825 at the position 7°9'S 177°28'E (Logbook of the Fregate MARIA REIGERSBERG) and named the main island Nederlandsch Eiland.

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Image extracted from page 405 of Aanteekeningen gehouden op eene reis om de wereld; met het fregat de Maria Reigersberg in de Korvet de Pollux, in de jaren 1824, 1825, en 1826, by TROOST, P.. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

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