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==Excerpts==
HISTORY: Excerpt from The Sea Hunters: The New England Whalemen During Two
Centuries, 1635-1835, by Edouard A. Stackpole
“The discoverers of the Phoenix Islands will always be mysterious. Captain Henry Barber, in the
ship Arthur, on a voyage from Port Jackson to the northwest coast of America in 1794, passed
through the northern islands. The name Arthur Island was placed on Arrowsmith’s chart in 1798.
But it is unrealistic to consider that the whalemen sailed all through this section of the Pacific
without sighting these islands. When Wilkes’ men in 1840 came upon two which they named
Hull and McKean, they found one inhabited by a Frenchman and eleven natives from the Society
Islands seeking turtle, etc.
As for the name of the group: the Phoenix of Nantucket, sailed in 1821 under Captain David
Harris and was then the only craft of that name in this part of the ocean. It was followed by the
Phoenix of New Bedford. In the March 7, 1825 issue of the Inquirer, of Nantucket, was a list of
island discoveries with no names given, but the latitudes were those of the present Phoenix
islands. The Reynolds report in 1828 lists several more.
Enderbury Island may be a corruption of Enderby, the name given by an English whaling master.
There can be no dispute over the origin of the name Canton Island, formerly Mary’s Island. On
March 5, 1854, the New Bedford whaleship Canton struck this island’s outer shore and became a
total wreck. Thirty-two men, under Captain Andrew Wing, landed safely and three weeks later
set out in whaleboats for the Kingsmills. Due to the northerly set of the current, they missed their
objective, and for forty-five days they headed west until they arrived safely at the island of
Tinian in the Marianas. Not a man was lost, although they suffered great hardship from hunger
and thirst. It is estimated that the Canton’s crew sailed four thousand miles in their open boats
during their long forty-five day voyage.
Late in 1825, the Ganges, of Nantucket, under Captain Joshua Coffin 2d, sailing south from
Honolulu sighted a coral atoll which he placed…only a few minutes from its latest accepted
position (US Navy), and the name Gardner Island (in honor of Gideon Gardner, owner of the
ship) is still retained by geographers.
Here was atypical South Sea atoll, a beautiful curving strand of white coral, shimmering like a
pearl necklace, above the lush greenery of the coconut and pandanus trees – a jewel set in a blue
sea.”


==Reynolds==
==Reynolds==

Revision as of 02:49, 27 September 2007

Random

Isaac Coffin...cousin to Nantucket coffins...Thisbe...Magdalen Islands...admiral see http://www.islandregister.com/rcoffin/pg26_50.html

James Coffin

Is this him? http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/S/SmHale.html

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1968/2/1968_2_58.shtml

Gardner

Phoenix ship

http://books.google.com/books?id=xtNHCSQYWEsC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=phoenix+whaler&source=web&ots=hn_r2AER-z&sig=8kyje1ML7aY7EGwWkuGXPI0b8L0#PPA138,M1

Canton

Ganges


Reynolds

Report of JN Reynolds, 1828[1]
Island Name Location Reynold's comments
"Phenix Island"* 2°35'S, 171°39'W "small and sandy, three miles in circumference"
"Mary Balcout's Island"* 2°47'S, 171°58'W "Surrounded by a reef twenty leagues in circumference,
with only four openings where boats can enter"
(this is an almost identical position to "Mary Island"
shown on Norie's map of 1825; similar to Canton Is.)[2]
"Barney's Island"* 3°9'S, 171°41'W "a lagoon, twenty miles in circumference"
(Possibly another sighting of Canton Is.)[2]
"Birney's Island" 3°30'S, 171°30'W Discovered by Capt Emmert; "to be found on charts"
"Sidney's Island" 4°25'S, 171°20'W Discovered by Capt Emmert; "to be found on charts"
"Sidney's Island" (2) 4°30'S, 171°20'W
"Sidney's Island" (3) 4°29'S, 171°20'W
"New Nantucket" 0°11'N, 176°20'W "Not on charts"
"Gardner's Island" 4°30'S, 174°22'W "Not on charts; discovered by Captain Coffin, of ship Ganges".
unnamed 3°14'S, 170°50'W
unnamed 3°33'S, 173°44'W
unnamed 3°35'S, 170°20'W
unnamed 4°45'S, 174°40'W
unnamed reef 5°30'S, 175°W "Not on the charts". (possibly Carondelet Reef)
*Reynold's suggests that since these three have similar coordinates, they "are probably the same as Birney's Island"


"Group of Islands, (Pearl and Hermes, British whalers, lost in 1822,) 27 deg. 46 min. north latitude, 176 deg., or 176 deg. 30 min. west longitude."


"Ganges Island, 30 deg. 45 min. north latitude, 154 deg. 25 min. east longitude. An island is on the charts in latitude 31 deg. north, longitude 155 deg. south; do doubt intended for the same.

"Ganges Island, 31 deg. north latitude, 147 deg. 10 min. east longitude. Not on charts.

"Starbuck's group, 173 deg. 30 min. east longitude. No latitude given.

"Starbuck's Island, 5 deg. 40 min. south latitude, 155 deg. 53 min. west longitude. " Starbuck's Island 6 deg. 54 min. south latitude, 155 deg. 47 min. west longitude. Starbuck's Island, 5 deg. 58 min. south latitude, 155 deg. 58 min. west longitude.

"Loper's Island, 6 deg. 7 min. south latitude, 177 deg. 40 min. west longitude. Not on the charts. "Winslow Island, (inhabited) 14 deg. 10 min. south latitude, 177 deg. 10 min. west longitude. "Byron's Island, 1 deg. 10 min. south latitude, 175 deg. 40 min. west longitude. Placed on the charts in latitude 1 deg. 10 min. south, and longitude 177 deg. 12 min. east. A reef on the north end, two miles distant. "Coffin's Island 31 deg. 13 min. south latitude, 178 deg. 54 min. west longitude. Not on charts; discovered by Captain Coffin, of ship Ganges. "Ganges Island, 10 deg. 25 min. south latitude, 160 deg. 45 min. west longitude. On charts; seen by Captain Coffin. "Ganges Island, 10 deg. south latitude, 161 deg. west longitude. On charts; see Captain Coffin's printed account.


Island, 5 deg. 1 min. south latitude. Seen by O. Starbuck, northwest from Marquesas.

Bonin Islands have had a place on the charts for some time; but little, indeed nothing, was known of them, except that land had been reported in that neighborhood, and some map-maker put it down on his charts. They are regarded as new discoveries in Nantucket, made by Captain Coffin, 12th September, 1824, while he commanded the ship Transit, from Bristol. There is a freshness in the account he gives of them, that is really interesting; and he may with some justice claim the honor of the discovery, as they were not laid down on his charts. He found the group to consist of six islands, besides a number of large rocks and reefs. Captain Coffin sailed in the employ of Fisher, Kidd & Fisher, and in honor of his employers, called two of the islands by their names, the largest of which is four leagues in length. The one most southern of the group he called South Island; and the fourth, from the great number of pigeons he found on it, he named Pigeon Island. About four miles east-northeast of South Island, lie two round, high islands, to which he gave no names. Fisher's Island lies from south-southeast to north-northwest, and Kidd Island, the most western of the group, lies southeast from the northwest part of Fisher's Island. Between the two last-mentioned islands there is a beautiful clear bay, two miles wide, and five miles up to the head. Captain Coffin sailed up this bay about four miles, where he found a fine small bay, where he anchored his ship, and, the remarks, as there is some justice due one's self, called it Coffin's harbor. This harbor is sheltered from all winds except from west-southwest, and a vessel will ride with as much safety as in Hampton Roads, with no current or swell. Captain Coffin took fifty tons of water on board, of the purest kind, with a supply of wood, both of these essential articles being in any abundance, and more easily procured than at any other place he was at. Turtle and pigeons were so plenty that any number could be obtained. The water in the bay was stored with a variety of fish, and with plenty of choice lobsters, and the cabbage tree was among the productions of the island, so that any desirable quantity might be easily procured. Captain Coffin did not discover any quadruped, reptile or insect, not even an ant. The islands are covered with large and beautiful forest trees, but not a single mark, even of a knife, could be traced upon one of them; nor did it appear that the footsteps of man had ever been imprinted on any of these islands. For whale ships, or those bound from Canton to Port Jackson, or the northwest coast of America, they will furnish a valuable place of refreshment. They are about south of Sandown Point, on the coast of Japan, and the distance may be sailed in four days. The bay where Captain Coffin anchored is in latitude 26 deg. 30 min. north, longitude 141 deg. east.


In the year 1825, the same captain, and while on the same cruise, discovered, in latitude 27 deg. north, longitude 141 deg. 10 min. east, a high island, well wooded, from the west side of which he procured good turtle and wood. Six leagues north of this, he discovered a high lump of an island, and many small ones near it, with a dangerous reef extending from one island to the other, and as far as to latitude 28 deg. north. These islands and reef were not laid down on his charts. The navigation of the ocean around, and particularly north of this group, is dangerous, from our imperfect knowledge of it.

A cluster of islands, said to have been discovered in 1716, and laid down on most charts in latitude 35 deg. north, and longitude 146 deg. east, is now considered of doubtful existence. By Captain Coffin's log book, he has frequently sailed and whaled over the very spot, without being able to see them from the mast-head.

Captain Coffin, as stated by Captain Macy, discovered a reef in latitude 32 degrees north, and longitude 140 degrees east

Captain John Gardner, of the ship Atlantic, reports the following discoveries, which he made while on his last voyage in the Pacific: "The first island, in north latitude 8 degrees 48 minutes, longitude 144 degrees 35 minutes east. "The second island, in north latitude 1 degree 7 minutes, longitude 165 degrees east. "The third island, a cluster, south latitude 2 degrees 15 minutes, longitude 152 degrees 5 minutes east. "Also, a cluster of reefs and shoals, extending N.N.E. and S.S.W. between the latitudes of 1 degree 35 minutes and 2 degrees 15 minutes south, and longitude 153 degrees 45 minutes and 153 degrees 15 minutes east. "John Weeks, second officer, saw an island in 2 degrees north, longitude 150 degrees east, one mile long, surrounded by a coral reef six miles from shore. This island is low, and abounds in cocoa nuts.

"Captain George Washington Gardner discovered the following islands, &c., which are not laid down on any of the charts: "An island, north latitude 30 degrees, east longitude 144 degrees. "An island, north latitude 39 degrees, east longitude 39 degrees. "An island, north latitude 30 degrees, east longitude 44 degrees 20 minutes. "Rocks, north latitude 31 degrees, east longitude 155 degrees "An island, north latitude 37 degrees, east longitude. "On the coast of New Albion, an island, north latitude 33 degrees, west longitude 119 degrees 30 minutes. "On the coast of New Albion, an island, north latitude 21 degrees 55 minutes, west longitude 155 degrees 10 minutes. "Maria Island, not on the charts, abounds with fish and wood, but no wateer; is low and dangerous. "A rock, in latitude 20 degrees south, longitude 167 degrees 45 minutes west, not on charts, nor any published list; dangerous shoals in the neighborhood "Palmyra Island is in 5 degrees 58 minutes north, and 162 degrees 30 minutes west longitude. Tere is a dangerous reef 30 miles north, extending E.N.E. and W.N.W., very narrow, and fifteen miles in length.

Captain Edward Gardner, while in command of the whale ship Bellona, discovered an island in 1823, in latitude 19 deg. 15 min. north, longitude 166 deg. 32 min. east, which he judged was 20 or 25 miles long. A reef appeared to make off from the east end of it, to the distance of 2 miles, with detached rocks to the west. The situation given is from the centre of the island. "Wake's Island" is placed on Arrowsmith's and other charts nearly in the above situation. The island was covered with wood, having a very green and rural appearance.

  1. ^ Reynold's Report to the House of Representatives
  2. ^ a b Sharp, pp 210-13
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