Editing Clipperton Island (section)

===Discovery and early claims===
There are several claims to the first discovery of the island. The earliest recorded possible sighting is 24 January 1521 when Portuguese-born Spanish explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] discovered an island he named San Pablo after turning westward away from the American mainland during his circumnavigation of the globe.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nunn |first=George E. |date=1934 |title=Magellan's Route in the Pacific |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/208851 |journal=[[Geographical Review]] |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=615–633 |doi=10.2307/208851 |jstor=208851 |bibcode=1934GeoRv..24..615N |access-date=17 June 2022 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921101514/https://www.jstor.org/stable/208851 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 15&nbsp;November 1528, [[Spaniards|Spaniard]] [[Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón]] discovered an island he called Isla Médanos in the region while on an expedition commissioned by his cousin, the Spanish conquistador [[Hernán Cortés]], to find a route to the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Glynn |first=Peter W. |title=History of Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Research |date=2017 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_1 |work=Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific |series=Coral Reefs of the World |volume=8 |pages=1–37 |editor-last=Glynn |editor-first=Peter W. |access-date=2023-04-02 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |doi=10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_1 |isbn=978-94-017-7498-7 |editor2-last=Manzello |editor2-first=Derek P. |editor3-last=Enochs |editor3-first=Ian C.}}</ref><ref name="Vargas, 2011">{{cite book|last=Vargas|first=Jorge A.|date=2011|title=Mexico and the Law of the Sea: Contributions and Compromises|volume=69|series=Publications on Ocean Development|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=9789004206205|pages=470|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MuN7xR6wR-4C&q=alvaro+de+saavedra+ceron+clipperton&pg=PA470|access-date=7 September 2019|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410153936/https://books.google.com/books?id=MuN7xR6wR-4C&q=alvaro+de+saavedra+ceron+clipperton&pg=PA470|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Ione Stuessy|date=1953|title=Voyages of Alvaro de Saavedra Cerón 1527–1529|publisher=University of Miami Press|location=Coral Gables, Florida}}</ref>

Although both San Pablo and Isla Médanos are considered to be possible sightings of Clipperton, the island was first charted by French merchant [[Michel Dubocage]], commanding ''La Découverte'', who arrived at the island on [[Good Friday]], 3&nbsp;April 1711; he was joined the following day by fellow ship captain {{ill|Martin de Chassiron|fr|Mathieu Martin de Chassiron}} and ''La Princesse''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lévesque |first=Rodrigue |date=1998 |title=French ships at Guam, 1708–1717: Introduction to a little-known period in Pacific history |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223349808572861 |journal=The Journal of Pacific History |language=en |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=105–110 |doi=10.1080/00223349808572861 |issn=0022-3344}}</ref> The island was given the name {{lang|fr|Île de la Passion}} ('Passion Island') as the date of rediscovery fell within [[Passiontide]]. They drew up the first map of the island and claimed it for France.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map of Passion Island |url=https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/epaves-corsaires/en/media/view/10075 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Musée d'Archéologie National |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405144557/https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/epaves-corsaires/en/media/view/10075 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 1825, American sea captain [[Benjamin Morrell]] made the first recorded landing on Clipperton, exploring the island and making a detailed report of its vegetation.{{sfnp|Sachet|1962b|p=286}}

The common name for the island comes from [[John Clipperton]], an English [[pirate]] and [[privateer]] who fought the Spanish during the early 18th century, and who is said to have passed by the island. Some sources claim that he used it as a base for his raids on shipping.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Büch|first=Boudewijn|year=2003|title=Eilanden|language=nl|trans-title=Islands|location=Netherlands|publisher=Singel Pockets|isbn=978-9-04-133086-4}}</ref>