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Basilaki Island (Moresby Island) is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located at the eastern end of the New Guinea mainland. Its area is 100 km2. First recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaez de Torres on 18 July 1606, that charted it as ''San Buenaventura'' (Saint Bonaventure in Spanish).〔Coello, Francisco "Notas sobre los planos de las bahias descubiertas en el año 1606 en las islas de Espiritú Santo y de Nueva Guinea, que dibujo el capitán Don Diego de Prado y Tovar, en igual fecha"" ''Boletín de Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid'', t.IV. 1º semestre 1878, Madrid, p.67〕〔Sharp, Andrew ''The discovery of the Pacific Islands'' Oxford, 1960, p.66.〕〔Brand, Donald D. ''The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations'' The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.137.〕 A party of French naturalists was believed to have been murdered in James Bay in October 1880. A later visit established that they were instead killed on Basilisk Island. This island was the scene of the murder of 2 sailors by natives in Hoopiron Bay, July 28, 1885.〔Resurgo says July 2〕 The men were Captain John Friar〔Resurgo says Frier〕 and John Watkins, a carpenter of the ''Lallah Rook'', a schooner〔Resurgo says barque〕 registered in Saint John, New Brunswick. The vessel anchored in the bay to take on fresh water. After the murders, the crew sailed away. The murders were revenge taken for two unpaid-for deaths of natives in Friar's employ. Despite a two-day search of the island on October 16, by the crews of the ''Governor Blackall'', and HMS ''Diamond'' and , the murderers were not found, although the skulls of Friar and the carpenter were recovered and given a burial at sea. Later the ''Diamond'' returned and burned all the villages nearby. 3 planes were ditched off the island in 1943, a P-38H Lightning, a P-38F Lightning, and a B-24D Liberator "The Leila Belle" (MIA).〔(Basilisk Island ) Pacific Wrecks〕 == References == * http://islands.unep.ch/IHD.htm#840 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basilaki Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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