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Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
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Pitcairn Island
Only inhabited island in the Pitcairn Islands, British Overseas Territories
Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn Islands, in the southern Pacific Ocean, of which many inhabitants are descendants of mutineers of HMS Bounty.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Midshipman
Officer cadet
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Philip Carteret
Royal Navy officer and explorer
Rear-Admiral Philip Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who participated in two of the British navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764–66 and 1766–69.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)