Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 294
s west FlintIsland (longitude 150 west, latitude10 south). Almost nothing was knownof either of these minute points. Thestation of the party under my charge(sent out by the United States government under thedirection of the National Academy of Sciences) was tobe Caroline Islands. Every inch of that… … 262 Wonders of Earth, Sea, and Sky nations, to find some information, however scanty, aboutthe spot which was to be our home for nearly a month.All that was known was that this island had formerlybeen occupied as a guano station. There was a landingthen. After the personnel of the party had been…
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