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Christmas Island

The Island was Included on Dutch Cartographer Pieter Goos Map

1666
Christmas Island

The island was included on English and Dutch navigation charts as early as the beginning of the 17th century, but it was not until 1666 that a map published by Dutch cartographer Pieter Goos included the island.


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