CO129-048 - Public Offices - 1854 — Page 71

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Extracts

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From Sir G. Boshen

Kongtong, Jani 4. 1832

2 Inclosures

Bonin Islands.

67

P. D. vou

Sishold in his "History

of Dicconcries on the Japan Lear"! published in 1855. in Europe and liveries, sage their the Bonin Islands are first santioned in a heap published by the Sutet Agropapher Ortelius &.. dutch

in 1570, and therein reported as first to have

been

Leeu

in 1543, Ich Bernardo de

Torres, who Malo abrigo

1595.

дале

them the name of

los dos Hermanos-

these Islands were visited

by Captain Limehoten of the Dutch

E. J. Company.

othe

Kondins, dutch Hydrographer,

on his map f

notices the same in

1632-

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