Islands of Refreshment
Islands of Refreshment was the name given to
Jonathan Lambert, in 1811.[1]
History
In the early 19th century American
Baltic put ashore an American named Jonathan Lambert "late of Salem
, mariner and citizen thereof" along with one Thomas Currie or Tomasso Corri in his employ, and a third man named Williams. These three were the first permanent inhabitants of Tristan, and they were soon joined by a fourth, Andrew Millet.
Lambert declared himself sovereign and sole possessor of the island group "grounding my right and claim on the rational and sure ground of absolute occupancy".[2] He renamed the main island "Island of Refreshment", Inaccessible Island "Pintard Island" and Nightingale Island "Lovel Island". Five months after arriving, Lambert, Williams and Millet drowned while fishing on May 17, 1812. Currie was joined, however, by two other men, and the three busied themselves growing vegetables, wheat and oats, and breeding pigs.[3]
During the
Napoleon I of France from his prison on Saint Helena
.
References
- S2CID 159678218.
- ^ Boston Gazette, July 18, 1811
- ^ "Tristan d'Acunha, etc.: Jonathan Lambert, late Sovereign thereof". Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. 4 (21): 280–285. December 1818.
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