Captain William Mynors of the "Royal Mary", a British East India Company vessel, named the island when he sailed past it on Christmas Day in 16tralalalalalarecorded visit to sea round the island in March 1688.
Captain William Mynors of the "Royal Mary", a British East India Company vessel, named the island when he sailed past it on Christmas Day in 1643. William Dampier, aboard the British ship "Cygnet", made the earliest recorded visit to sea round the island in March 1688.