Map Showing Davis Island Below the Tropic of Capricorn

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Kim Martins
by Atlas of Mutual Heritage and the Dutch National Library
published on 30 May 2022
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Ile Davis (Davis Island or Davis Land) was an island said to have been discovered in 1687 near Rapa Nui (Easter Island) by the English buccaneer Edward Davis (fl. c. 1680–1688) skipper of the Bachelor’s Delight. It is located below the Tropic of Capricorn, to the left of South America and Isles St. Felix.

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