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Prior Whaling Sightings
- When
- 1823-1824
- Where
- Malden Island
Whaling captains Valentine Starbuck and William Clark may have sighted Malden Island in 1823, before the documented sighting by Samuel Bunker in March 1825.
Valentine Starbuck, an American whaler, may have sighted the island in 1823–1824 while carrying the Hawaiian royal couple to England, though the passage hedges that it had probably been previously sighted by his cousin, a fellow whaler. William Clark of the Winslow may have sighted it in 1823. The earliest documented European sighting was by Samuel Bunker on 25 March 1825.
Sources
- George Byron, 7th Baron Byron Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-23
- Malden Island Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-14
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