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...Britain. When inquiries both at the State Department and the British Embassy drew blanks, newshawks began to do their own research. They discovered that the three bits of land had been claimed for the U. S. in 1860 under the terms of the Guano Islands Act. Jarvis, a treeless, scrubless coral patch less than two sq. mi. in area, was originally discovered by the U. S. sailing ship Eliza Thomas in 1821. In the days when the nitrates from bird-droppings were worth big money, Jarvis was an important place for guano hunters...
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