Pearl and Hermes Atoll (Geographic Keyword)
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Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED WHALING SHIPWRECK SITE NEAR THE PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL, NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (2005)
Wood samples were recovered from an unidentified whaling shipwreck site near the Pearl and Hermes Atoll located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Samples are believed to represent the keel and garboard strake of the site where wood was buried beneath approximately five inches of sand. Wood samples were submitted for identification.
Japanese Economic Exploitation of Central Pacific Seabird Populations, 1898-1915 (1998)
At the turn of the century, Japanese feather and plumage hunters visited most of the isolated, uninhabited atolls of the central Pacific Ocean. The seabird populations of these atolls were decimated to supply exotic feathers for the millinery market to meet an increasing demand created by the European fashion industry. Drawing on scattered archival records, this article reviews the history and dimensions of the feather trade in the Central Pacific and describes the responses of the affected...