Talk:Robert Pitcairn (Royal Navy officer)

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Did you know... that Robert Pitcairn was only fifteen when he discovered the island which is now named after him?

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First person[edit]

He wasn't the first person to see the island. He was the first European person - as the article on Pitcairn Island shows. Totorotroll (talk) 07:23, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]