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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 894 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AUCKLAND ISLANDS , a See also:

GROUP

group in the Pacific Ocean, discovered in 18o6 by See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Briscoe, of- the See also:

ENGLISH

English whaler " Ocean," in 50° 24' S., , 66° 7' E. The islands, of volcanic origin, are very fertile, and are covered with See also:

FOREST

forest. They were granted to the Messrs Enderby by the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

government as a whaling station, but the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment was abandoned in 1852. The islands belong politically to New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand.

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