Howland Island
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005479
- info:lc/authorities/sh91005479
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh91005479#concept
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc. Whaling Mus. Lib. for Howland family. Howland colection, 1797-1890(Howland Island; in the Pacific)
- found: Lippincott(Howland Island; central Pacific near equator; discovered 1842 by Amer. traders; claimed for U.S., 1857; worked for guano by Amer. and later British companies; in 1930s important as air base; ca. 1620 miles s. of Honolulu, Hawaii)
- found: LC database, Oct. 11, 1991.
Change Notes
- 1991-10-25: new
- 2012-03-30: revised
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