History
Originally named "Gebrooken (Broken) island" by the Dutch under Jan Jacobszoon in January 1656, they found no safe anchorage and did not make the first landing until 1696 (most likely by Willem de Vlamingh in August of that year). Frenchman D'Etchevery also visited the island in September 1767. Nightingale was renamed after British captain Gamaliel Nightingale in 1760.
Jonathan Lambert temporarily changed the name to "Lovel Island" in his 1811 proclamation in the "Boston Gazette" but as with his other proposed changes (i.e. Tristan da Cunha Group to "Isles of Refreshment") the name did not last.
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