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	Christmas Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British and Dutch navigators first included the island on their charts from the early seventeenth century, and Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary, named the island when he arrived on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1643.
		The island first appears on a map produced by Pieter Goos and published in 1666.
		The earliest recorded visit was in March of 1688 by William Dampier of the British ship Cygnet, who found it uninhabited.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christmas_Island (2345 words)

	Cartographers
		Related to the Hondius family and in partnership with his own son, Pieter, he prepared and engraved map plates for the Hondius firm as well as for John Speed.
		Pieter Goos (circa 1615-1675) Dutch engraver and publisher who worked with his father, Abraham.
		He achieved fame as an engraver of sea-charts, publishing a pilot guide called Zee-Spiegel which included charts for the coasts of West Africa and the West Indies.
	alabamamaps.ua.edu /historicalmaps/cartographers.html (3394 words)

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