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In 1820, the islands were named the Gilbert Islands or îles Gilbert (in French) by Adam Johann von Krusenstern, a Baltic German Admiral of the Russian Czar after the British Captain Thomas Gilbert, who crossed the archipelago in 1788. French captain Louis Duperrey was the first to map the whole
Image extracted from page 296 of Samoa a hundred years ago and long before, together with notes on the cults and customs of twenty-three other islands in the Pacific ... With a preface by E. B. Tylor , by TURNER, George.
A map of Kiribati Kiribati's Gilbert Islands. The total land area mass total 811 km 2 (313 sq mi). It includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands. Most of the land on these islands is less than two metres above sea level. [2] Including the amount of water, the total water and land area is 2485 square miles.
File:Gilbert Islands Aerial Imagery, 1943.jpg. ... Map Image 6668 From the World War II: Gilbert Islands Collection (COLL/3653) at the Marine Corps History Division
Map of Abemama Map of Gilbert Islands, Abemama center. Naval Base Abemama was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1943 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on Abemama atoll, also called Hopper Atoll, in the Gilbert Islands in the Central Pacific Ocean.
Horse Island, Lake Erie, near Gibraltar; Huron Islands, Lake Superior, has lighthouse; Indian Island, Lake Erie; Ile Aux Galets, Lake Michigan, location of Skillagalee Lighthouse; Isle Royale, location of Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior; Katechay Island, in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron; Les Cheneaux Islands, group of 36 inhabited islands ...
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Specifically, Amasa Gilbert, a pioneer who was a part of the Gilberts family. [5] In 1855, the Gilberts sold their land to Elijah Wilcox. [6] Opening in 1907, the Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company opened the "Elgin and Belvidere Electric Railway", connecting Elgin, Illinois to Belvidere, Illinois, with a stop at Gilberts.