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Descriptor English: Pitcairn Island
Descriptor Spanish: Isla Pitcairn
Descriptor Isla Pitcairn
Scope note: Isla de la Polinesia, en la parte meridional del Océano Pacífico. Fue descubierta en 1767 por Philip Carteret, no habitada hasta 1790 cuando se asentaron en ella amotinados del buque inglés Bounty. El asentamiento fue descubierto en 1808; la población fue trasladada temporalmente a Tahití en 1831 y a la Isla Norfolk (entre Nueva Caledonia y Nueva Zelanda) en 1856. Algunos volvieron más tarde a Pitcairn y sus descendientes constituyen la población actual de esta colonia británica. El nombre de la isla deriva del marinero que primero la avistó desde el barco. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p958 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p422)
Descriptor Portuguese: Ilha Pitcairn
Descriptor French: Ile Pitcairn
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.815.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010896
Scope note: An island in Polynesia, in the south Pacific Ocean. It was discovered in 1767 by Philip Carteret, uninhabited until 1790 when settled by mutineers from the English ship, Bounty. The settlement was discovered in 1808; the population was removed temporarily to Tahiti in 1831 and to Norfolk Island (between New Caledonia and New Zealand) in 1856. Some later returned to Pitcairn and their descendents constitute the present population of this British colony. The island is named for the midshipman who first sighted it from the ship. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p958 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p422)
Annotation: an island in Polynesia, settled by the mutineers from the Bounty
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 75
DeCS ID: 11327
Unique ID: D010896
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Date Established: 1975/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Pitcairn Island - Preferred
Concept UI M0016904
Scope note An island in Polynesia, in the south Pacific Ocean. It was discovered in 1767 by Philip Carteret, uninhabited until 1790 when settled by mutineers from the English ship, Bounty. The settlement was discovered in 1808; the population was removed temporarily to Tahiti in 1831 and to Norfolk Island (between New Caledonia and New Zealand) in 1856. Some later returned to Pitcairn and their descendents constitute the present population of this British colony. The island is named for the midshipman who first sighted it from the ship. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p958 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p422)
Preferred term Pitcairn Island



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