The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Lib Island happened on 8 January 1565 by
Spanish navigator
Alonso de Arellano commanding
patache San Lucas. It was charted by Arellano as
Los Nadadores ("The Swimmers" in
Spanish). In his account of the sighting, Arellano stated that the inhabitants of Lib would be fine for pulling an oar in a galley, being big and well made, and were warlike people, being expert in throwing stones with slings. He also expressed an opinion that they must be of
the Devil because their island was a thousand
leagues from firm land. Captain Thomas Dennet of the British vessel
Britannia sighted the island in 1797 on route from Australia to China and named it Princess Island. ==Education==