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exactly which of the islands were visited and named by Queirós, suggesting that La Encarnación may actually have been Henderson Island, and San Juan Bautista may have been Pitcairn Island.

Pitcairn Island was sighted on 3 July 1767 by the crew of the British sloop HMS ''Swallow'', commanded by Captain Philip Carteret. The island was named after midshipman Robert Pitcairn,

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