Wallis's
VoyageThe Dolphin came across
Rongalep and Bikini on 03/09/1767. Wallis identified them as the Piscadone
Islands.
The Dolphin is shown on one
stamp from 1999. There was an American schooner in the 19th century called the
Dolphin, and this has also been featured on a stamp issued by the Marshall
Islands in 1992.
Cook's ship, the
Resolution, has been featured on two sets.
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Marshall Islands |
26/08/1999 |
Early European Explorers |
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Marshall Islands |
14/02/2004 |
225th Anniversary of Captain Cook’s Last
Voyage |
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Marshall Islands |
02/04/2008 |
Sailing Ships |
Byron's
VoyageAfter an unproductive visit
to one of the Gilbert Islands, the Dolphin and Tamar headed due north through
the Marshall Islands without sighting land, before heading for Tinian. They
found it along with the neighbouring islands of Saypan and Aiguigan on
30/07/1765. They found the island less accommodating than they had hoped with
poor water supplies, mosquitoes and incessant heat. Two of the crew died of
fever whilst there. They were the first to have died on the expedition, and a
further three of the Tamar's crew were drowned when going to the north of the
island to hunt cattle.
Wallis and the Dolphin
visited Tinian for repairs and refreshment in September and October 1767.
The Northern Mariana Islands
are a Commonwealth in free association with the United States, whose stamps
they use.
Carteret's VoyageThe Swallow appears to have
sighted a number of the outer islands of Palau. Unfortunately the details in
the journal are rather scanty, and it is difficult to be sure. The main island
of Palau was first put on the map by the American ship the Antelope in 1783.
There aren't any stamps
related to our navigators.
Byron's VoyageAfter leaving the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Dolphin and Tamar sailed through the Bashee Strait between
Taiwan and the Philippines, where they sighted several of the islands but did
not stop. They then sailed south, at some distance from the west coast of the
Philippines, and on through the Spratly Islands.
Wallis took the Dolphin
through the Bashee Strait sighting Grafton Island on 28/10/1767.
Carteret and the Swallow
reached the island of Mindanoa on 01/11/1767, where they stopped briefly before
heading for the Macassar Strait and then on to Batavia.
I don't believe any of
these explorers have yet been shown on any Philippines stamps.