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Who Discovered Christmas Island?
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Captain William Mynors discovered Christmas Island. He worked with British East India Company when he discovered it. With the Royal Mary vessel, he sailed past the island in Australia and named it 'Christmas Island'.
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Answer The earliest recorded visit was by the British ship Signet commanded by William Dampier. It was named on 25 December 1643 by William Mynors who captained the Royal Mary.
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I invented christmas and swam to hawaii before it was on maps.
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captin James cook.
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Easter Island was first discovered by settlers from the Marquesas Islands. Later, in 1722 a Dutch explorer named Jacob Roggeveen found the Island and named it Easter Island because
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