Funny you should ask. Last week I spent several days reading "The
Great Guano Rush" by Jimmy M. Skaggs (St. Martin's Press, New York,
1994), trying to answer for myself your questions.
His appendix has 103(?) entries.
Dozens of these are noted "nonexistent".
Many actually existing islands, rocks, or keys were "claimed" but
never "bonded", which was interpreted as a requirement of the Guano
Act to be considered as "appertaining" to the USA.
So, an "official" list of 1893(?) (I'm doing this from memory) had 70
(?) islands listed, but a few were duplicate bonds on the same
island, and dozens were bonded but nonexistent.
As I recall, there were on the order of 40-45 which actually existed
and had been bonded.
I've got some notes on paper at home. I'll try to give you a list
when I dig it out.
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "raedwulf16" <raedwulf16@y...>
wrote:
> Some of the territories administered by the USA were acquired
under
> the Guano Act.I have read the act,and I have seen numerous
> references;however,I can not seem to find a list of ALL the
islands
> claimed by the USA under the act .I understand that some of these
> claims have been reliquished or allowed to lapse after the need
for
> droppings declined.Does anyone know where I can get a complete
list?
> Thanks! http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1047.html
> http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1049.html
>
http://geography.about.com/od/politicalgeography/a/guanoisland.htm
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act
>
>
http://www.425dxn.org/dc3mf/navassa.html
>
>
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/c&gs/theb0078.htm
> http://novomilenio.inf.br/ano97/lighth1.jpg