Malden Island
The island was finally charted in 1825 by Captain The 7th Lord Byron (a cousin of the famous poet). Lord Byron, commanding the British warship , was returning to London from a special mission to Honolulu to repatriate the remains of the Hawaiian royal couple, King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamāmalu who had died of measles while trying to visit King George IV. Lord Byron also discovered and charted Mauke and Malden Island, which he named after his surveying officer.