FSM History

Miklouho-Maclay arrives at Yap aboard the Seabird.

What happened

The Russian ethnologist Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay was traveling aboard the Seabird, a trading schooner owned by David O’Keefe. The ship later visited Ulithi and Woleai.

Who’s who

  • David O’KeefeIrish-born trader on Yap who shipped Palauan stone money in exchange for copra from the 1870s.

Sources for the event

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