Pacific

Famous Danes of the Pacific

ABOUT a dozen Danes have made history in the South Pacific Terri tories; and a well-known Danisn author, Mr. B. Rosenkilde Nielsen (of 129 Emdrup Banke, Copenhagen), has gathered together their remarkable stories in a book entitled “Danish Pioneers in the Pacific Ocean,” which was published in Copenhagen (in Danish, of course) in 1944.

The following are the names of some of the men described in the book. They will be known to all persons interested in South Seas history;— “Deliverance Harry,” whose name was Johs Henrik Enevoldsen. A play about him was broadcast on the Danish radio.

“The King of Witu,” or Peter Hansen.

Christian Kaad, of Levuka and Rotuma, Fiji.

Julius Petersen, plantation-owner, of New Caledonia and New Hebrides.

The grand old man Christian Hellese, of Apia, who in 1941 was still alive and 97 years old.

“King Fai’u, of Wuvulu (or Maty) Island,” otherwise Edvard C. A. Nielsen Ortoft, perhaps better known at “William Leonard.”

'“German Harry,” or Jeppe Soren Christensen, who was a famous man in North Australian waters.

“The Father of the Pacific Ocean,” or Captain Viggo Rasmussen, of Penryhyn Island. / The goldmine-owner, J. P. Jensen, of Bulolo, New Guinea.

The book tells interesting stories of three Danish captains who crossed the Pacific in Chinese junks, and of the first Danish expedition and voyage round the world, in 1839, in the ship “Concordia.