<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiritimati" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kiritimati">Kiritimati</a>, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>.<sup about="#mwt52" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-8" id="mwYQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwYg">[8]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt49" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCDk"><a class="external text" href="https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/225-years-ago-october-december-1777" id="mwCDo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"225 YEARS AGO: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1777"</a>. <i id="mwCDs">Captain Cook Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCDw">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCD0">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt49" class="Z3988" id="mwCD4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Captain+Cook+Society&amp;rft.atitle=225+YEARS+AGO%3A+OCTOBER+-+DECEMBER+1777&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.captaincooksociety.com%2Fhome%2Fdetail%2F225-years-ago-october-december-1777&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>