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The Senyavin visits Ifalik and spends five days at Woleai.

What happened

Lütke found people on several central Caroline atolls short of food: at Ifalik more than a hundred islanders came out to ask for food, even offering their canoes in trade. On Woleai he went ashore to make observations and met a man who carried letters of thanks written by whaling captains.

Who’s who

  • Fyodor LütkeRussian navigator whose sloop Senyavin visited Kosrae, Pohnpei, the Mortlocks and Chuuk in 1827–28.

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