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Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airways, reportedly “discovered” Wake Island while scouring through 19th c. clipper ship logs at the New York Public Library. Juan was searching for a stop between Midway Island and Guam for Pan Am’s proposed transpacific route. Wake was one of the islands the United States claimed after the annexation of Hawaii and the seizing of Guam during the Spanish-American War in 1898. This image was posted on January 26, 2016.