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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The first recorded sighting of Pulap Atoll was by the Spanish navigator <a href="/facts/Alonso_de_Arellano/pHyftkJz">Alonso de Arellano</a> on 17 January 1565 on board of the <a href="/facts/Patache/en3PQyxV">patache</a> <i>San Lucas</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In a Spanish chart of 1879 this atoll appears as <i>Los Martires</i> (The Martyrs in Spanish).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>In April 2016, three shipwrecked sailors were rescued from Fanadik after spelling out HELP with palm leaves. They had been stranded for three days after their vessel was overturned by a large wave after departing Pulap island, forcing them to swim two miles to shore at night. They were rescued by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">U.S. Navy</a> and <a href="/facts/United_States_Coast_Guard/6d7SWTP9">Coast Guard</a> after a passing plane spotted the message and notified the authorities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Oceandots - Pulap". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2012-09-07. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/pulap.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/pulap.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010. <a href="http://www.statoids.com/yfm.html" target="_blank">http://www.statoids.com/yfm.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Chuuk State Census Report, 2000 (englisch; PDF; 3,42 MB) (Retrieved 17 August 2010) <a href="http://www.pacificweb.org/DOCS/fsm/2000%20Chuuk%20Census/2000%20Chuuk%20Census%20Report_Final.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.pacificweb.org/DOCS/fsm/2000%20Chuuk%20Census/2000%20Chuuk%20Census%20Report_Final.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p. 35–36. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Chart of J. Noguera, Naval Museum of Madrid, LXIX-25. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Navy rescues 3 castaways who wrote 'help' with palm fronds on deserted island". Fox News Channel. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/navy-rescues-3-castaways-who-wrote-help-with-palm-fronds-on-deserted-island/" target="_blank">https://www.foxnews.com/world/navy-rescues-3-castaways-who-wrote-help-with-palm-fronds-on-deserted-island/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>