Howland Island

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Permalink Reply by Judy Brooks Truchon on February 23, 2010 at 6:42pm

From Wikipedia
Sightings by whalers
Captain George B. Worth of the Nantucket whaler Oeno sighted Howland around 1822 and called it "Worth Island".[8] Daniel MacKenzie of the American whaler Minerva Smith was unaware of Worth's sighting when he charted the island in 1828 and named it after his ship's owners[9] on 1 December 1828. Howland Island was at last named after a lookout who sighted it from the whaleship Isabella of New Bedford on 9 September 1842.

Permalink Reply by connie howland kanetzky on February 23, 2010 at 8:52pm

You know Judy I saw the Wikipedia entry as well, but it doesn't mention the lookout's name, just that it was named Howland Island after the lookout who sighted it. I assumed from that he was a Howland, but I was curious about his Christian name. Any ideas? Thanx much, Connie