Palmyra Atoll
The Nature Conservancy's introduction to their purchase to preserve fauna and flora of the atoll. With timeline, illustrations.
http://nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/palmyra/
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Palmyra Atoll: Rainforest of the Sea
A webcast photographic expedition to Palmyra Atoll, 1000 miles south of Hawaii. Features history and photography and video of coral reefs and Palmyra's wildlife.
http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/palmyra/index.html
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The Curse of Palmyra Island
Article about the aura of the islands in the light of past events and visitors' travelogues. Includes excerpts about the ownership of the island.
http://www.labyrinth13.com/Palmyra.htm
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United States v. Fullard-Leo, 331 U.S. 256 (1947)
Supreme Court's 1947 decision rejecting the government's 1939 claim to the atoll after review of the occupany of the uninhabited island in the last hundred years.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=331&invol=256
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