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on 16 April 1568. More precisely the sighting was due to a local voyage done by a small boat, in the accounts the
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The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of
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U.S. Marine Landings on Tulagi-Gavutu-Tanambogo, August 7, 1942
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The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations
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group, which was also known as the Florida Islands under the
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The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.133.
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After bombardment, August 7, 1942
Tanambogo Island is located in Solomon Islands
009°06′40″S 160°11′05″E / 9.11111°S 160.18472°E / -9.11111; 160.18472
Solomon Islands
Province
Central Province
Nggela Islands
Central Province
Solomon Islands
Nggela Islands
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
Álvaro de Mendaña
brigantine
maestre de campo
Pedro Ortega Valencia
Hernán Gallego
Gavutu
Guadalcanal campaign
World War II
Japanese
seaplane
Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo
U.S. 2nd Marine Regiment
U.S. Marine Landings on Tulagi-Gavutu-Tanambogo, August 7, 1942
"Conquest of Tanambogo & Gavutu Islands"
"Second Marine Division"
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