Description: A 1906 map of Howland Island in the Central Pacific. This atoll was claimed by the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, and this map shows the Guano Company's settlement buildings and wharf, and the offshore mooring buoy. The map gives the island's latitude and longitude coordinates.
Place Names: Regional Pacific Ocean, Howland Islan
ISO Topic Categories: physical, political, borders, boundaries, kWorldPacific
Keywords: Howland Island, physical, political, borders, boundaries, physical features, country borders, physical, political, borders, boundaries, kWorldPacific, Unknown, 1906
Source: George F. Cram , Cram's Quick Reference Atlas and Gazetteer of the World (Chicago , IL: George F. Cram Series of Atlases, 1906) 104
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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