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The British rediscovered the island on 3 July 1767 on a voyage led by Captain Philip Carteret, and named it after the fifteen-year-old Robert Pitcairn (a son of the soldier John Pitcairn) who was the crew member who first spotted the island; he was lost at sea three years later.
Nov 14, 2023 · Pitcairn Island was rediscovered by British explorer Philip CARTERET in 1767, although he incorrectly plotted the coordinates. In 1789, Fletcher CHRISTIAN led a mutiny on the HMS Bounty and after several months of searching for Pitcairn Island, he landed on it with eight other mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
Pitcairn Island -- the only one now inhabited -- was rediscovered by British explorer Philip CARTERET in 1767. In 1789, Fletcher CHRISTIAN led a mutiny on the HMS Bounty, and after several months of searching for Pitcairn Island, he landed on it with eight other mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
Pitcairn Island itself was rediscovered on July 3, 1767, by the crew of the British sloop HMS Swallow, and was named after Midshipman Robert Pitcairn, a 15-year-old crewmember who was the first to sight the island (Pitcairn was the son of British marine officer John Pitcairn, who was second in command of British forces stationed in Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War).
Pitcairn Island, isolated volcanic island in the south-central Pacific Ocean, 1,350 miles (2,170 km) southeast of Tahiti. It is the only inhabited island of the British overseas territory of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands, which is commonly referred to as the Pitcairn Islands or as Pitcairn. The main island, with an area of about ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ducie Island was rediscovered in 1791 by ... There is a tennis court on the island. The Pitcairn Islands are the only member ... Pitcairn's Island by Charles ...
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History of Pitcairn Island. Part One: The First Ten Years (1790-1800) The Pitcairn Islands are situated lat. 25Deg. 04 minS Lon. 30deg. 05'W (for you boatie buffs). They are about 4,800 Km. from New Zealand lying towards South America. The first inhabitants to settle the Islands were Polynesians of unknown origin.
