William Mynors was an English sea-captain, master of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

(EIC) vessel ''Royal Mary''. His voyage in 1643 discovered

Christmas Island Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the ...

() on Christmas Day of that year when he sailed past it. Besides this, little is known of Mynors. ''Royal Mary'' served the EIC from 1626 to 1639,Hackman (2001), p.42. and apparently longer.

Citations and references

Citations References *Hackman, Rowan (2001) ''Ships of the East India Company''. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British East India Company Marine personnel English explorers History of Christmas Island Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown 17th-century explorers {{England-stub