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Christian Martin Kleis (1850–1908), known as Martin Kleis, was born in
Denmark
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and died in the Ellice Islands (
Tuvalu
Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-nor ...
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Kleis was the resident trader on
Nui in the late 19th century.
Kleis sold
copra
Copra (from ) is the dried, white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted. Traditionally, the coconuts are sun-dried, especially for export, before the oil, also known as copra oil, is pressed out. The oil extracted from co ...
to
Henderson and Macfarlane.
In 1892 Captain
E.H.M. Davis of reported on trading activities and traders on each of the Ellice Islands. The ship visited Nui on 29 July 1892. Captain Davis recorded in the ship’s journal that Kleis exported about 100 tons of copra in a good year.
References
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1850 births
1908 deaths
Date of death missing
History of Tuvalu
Danish expatriates in Tuvalu