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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
1.1 Illinois. 1.2 Indiana. 1.3 Iowa. 1.4 Kansas. ... This is a partial list of islands of the Midwestern United States. States ... Gilbert Island; Grand Tower Island;
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.
It includes Islands that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "River islands of Illinois" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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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
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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.