December 25, 1643: William Mynors, Captain of the British East Indiaman Royal Mary, "discovers" and names Christmas Island off the north-east coast of modern Australia.Header: Christmas Island via Canda.com
December 25, 1643: William Mynors, Captain of the British East Indiaman Royal Mary, "discovers" and names Christmas Island off the north-east coast of modern Australia.
Ahoy, Pauline! I wonder if there were any indigenous people there when Mynors dicovered it...
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary, Pirate Queen. Your first mate is proud to reach the 23 year mark of ye puttin up with his nonsense...
Ahoy, Timmy! I don't know; but I'm pretty sure they had those big, migrating crabs even back then.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary to you too! Here we go on another year...