An Island Called Christmas: A Narrative History - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781494721299ISBN-10:1494721295UPC:9781494721299Book Category:TravelSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SC52S4VJ57
An Island Called Christmas: A Narrative History
A romantic desert island...Who first saw and went ashore on Christmas Island will never be known. Where these people came from and when is conjecture though we are almost certain they were Polynesians. Seafarers, either castaways, hopeful colonizers, passers-by, or perhaps all of these, were the first to land there probably as early as the eighth or ninth century A.D. Random voyagers travelling...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781494721299ISBN-10:1494721295UPC:9781494721299Book Category:TravelSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SC52S4VJ57
Lester Gaynor enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1939, and in 1941 he was transferred to Christmas Island with assistant Francis Wallis. He and Wallis established the first weather station on Christmas Island and transmitted radiosonde and hourly surface data to Hickam Field, Hawaii, located about 1400 miles to the north. He developed an interest in meteorology during WWII when he was in the Air...
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