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167:56.1E"
Yesterday we moved on to Norfolk Island, an Island of volcanic origin,
rather
flat and very green and fertile.
This is the Island where Captain Cook made the first European discovery
in
1774.
As a colonial penitentiary between 1814 and 1855, this was definitely
not a
very friendly place to be at.
In 1855 the Island began its return to paradise with the arrival of
descendants
of the Bounty Mutineers, whose home of Pitcairn Island 6'000 Miles
became
overcrowded.
The families of those early settlers make up a third of the actual
population
of the Island.
Tomorrow morning we take again the wings and move on in northerly
direction to
French Caledonia.
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