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===United States=== 1825, the schooner {{USS|Dolphin|1821}}, under Lieutenant [[Hiram Paulding]], visited Nikunau and Tabiteuea.<ref name="PHD">Paulding, Hiram. ''Journal of a Cruise of the United States Schooner Dolphin, Among the Islands of the Pacific Ocean; and a Visit to the Mulgrave Islands, in Pursuit of the Mutineers of the Whale Ship Globe.'' New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1831.</ref> 1870, from 15 to 26 May, the sloop {{USS|Jamestown|1844}}, under Captain William Truxtun, visited Tawara, Abaiang and Butaritari. 1872, in August, the sloop {{USS|Narragansett|1859}} visited Nikunau, Beru, Tabiteuea, Abaiang and Tawara. 1889, the steam powered sloop {{USS|Iroquois|1859}} visited Butaritari.
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