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AUCKLAND ISLANDS

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 894 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AUCKLAND ISLANDS , a See also:

GROUP

group in the Pacific Ocean, discovered in 18o6 by See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Briscoe, of- the See also:

ENGLISH

English whaler " Ocean," in 50° 24' S., , 66° 7' E . The islands, of volcanic origin, are very fertile, and are covered with See also:

FOREST

forest . They were granted to the Messrs Enderby by the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

government as a whaling station, but the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment was abandoned in 1852 . The islands belong politically to New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand .

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