Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1976
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
502 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34698
Legacy PEIN ID:
74699
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
History - Oceania
Environment - Conservation - Oceania
Natural resources - Conservation - Oceania
Abstract
Although the atoll was discovered in 1796 and claimed by the United States in 1858, it was uninhabited except for brief visits by guano miners, adventurers, government scientists and military personnel until 1936, when the U.S. Navy began developing first a seaplane base and later an airstrip and refueling facilities which served as an important link from the Hawaiian Islands to the western Pacific during World War II.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1976
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
502 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34698
Legacy PEIN ID:
74699
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 15-May-2008
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021