Editing Howland Island (section)

===Sightings by whalers===
Captain George B. Worth of the [[Nantucket]] whaler ''[[Oeno (ship)|Oeno]]'' sighted Howland around 1822 and called it '''Worth Island'''.<ref>{{harvnb|Sharp|1960|p=210}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Bryan|1942|pp=38–41}}</ref> Daniel MacKenzie of the American whaler ''Minerva Smith'' was unaware of Worth's sighting when he charted the island in 1828 and named it after his ship's owners<ref>{{harvnb|Maude|1968|p=130}}</ref> on {{nowrap|December 1, 1828}}. Howland Island was at last named on {{nowrap|September 9, 1842}} after a lookout who sighted it from the whaleship ''Isabella'' under Captain Geo. E. Netcher of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]].

[[Captain William Bligh]] of ''[[HMS Bounty]]'', in his diary after the [[Mutiny on the Bounty|mutiny]], described stopping at the island shortly after being set adrift by the mutineers in April 1789. He had 18 crew members who scoured the island for sustenance, such as oysters, water, and birds. Bligh was unsure of the island's name, but apparently, it was known to cartographers.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} &nbsp;Bligh's account on Howland Island is open to question since his route in the boat began between [[Tonga]] and [[Tofua]] and ran more or less west directly to [[Timor]].<ref>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8631607.stm| title = BBC News – Recreating Capt Bligh's famous Bounty mutiny sea voyage| date = April 20, 2010}}</ref>