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<p> A small volcanic island 2½ m. long and 1 broad, solitary, in the Pacific, 5000 m. E. of Brisbane, where, in 1790, nine men of H.M.S. <i> Bounty </i> who had mutinied landed with six Tahitians and a dozen Tahitian women; from these have sprung an interesting community of islanders, virtuous, upright, and contented, of [[Christian]] faith, who, having sent a colony to [[Norfolk]] Island, numbered in 1890 still 128. </p> | Pitcairn Island <ref name="term_78147" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A small volcanic island 2½ m. long and 1 broad, solitary, in the Pacific, 5000 m. E. of Brisbane, where, in 1790, nine men of H.M.S. <i> [[Bounty]] </i> who had mutinied landed with six Tahitians and a dozen Tahitian women; from these have sprung an interesting community of islanders, virtuous, upright, and contented, of [[Christian]] faith, who, having sent a colony to [[Norfolk]] Island, numbered in 1890 still 128. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_78147"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pitcairn+island Pitcairn Island from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_78147"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/pitcairn+island Pitcairn Island from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:52, 15 October 2021
Pitcairn Island [1]
A small volcanic island 2½ m. long and 1 broad, solitary, in the Pacific, 5000 m. E. of Brisbane, where, in 1790, nine men of H.M.S. Bounty who had mutinied landed with six Tahitians and a dozen Tahitian women; from these have sprung an interesting community of islanders, virtuous, upright, and contented, of Christian faith, who, having sent a colony to Norfolk Island, numbered in 1890 still 128.
