Through the same site I found a book called "on the phosphatic guano islands of the Pacific Islands of the ocean" (1862).https://archive.org/details/onphosphaticguan00haguThe author spent time on Howland, Baker and Jarvis island and reports on the islands in some detail. In a list of local islands he has heard of but not visited he has Kemins and Mary letitia islands, both previous names for Niku.
Quote from: Matt Revington on August 04, 2014, 07:19:36 AMThrough the same site I found a book called "on the phosphatic guano islands of the Pacific Islands of the ocean" (1862).https://archive.org/details/onphosphaticguan00haguThe author spent time on Howland, Baker and Jarvis island and reports on the islands in some detail. In a list of local islands he has heard of but not visited he has Kemins and Mary letitia islands, both previous names for Niku.You two gents have illuminated something that is important here to me - a better understanding of the greater environment in which one of the greatest aviation mysteries played itself out. I want to read these things when I can.The stories you are sharing help to create a realistic backdrop of how vast and remote the Pacific area can be; the thought of a tiny (in relative terms) 1930's era cabin class twin droning across that toward a tiny island is dramatic in of itself: this was a region that had and could swallow many things without a trace.Thanks for sharing this.