Eager to control the South Atlantic, the British Navy had tasked Admiral Byron (1) ___________ setting an island off the South American coast (2) ___________ ships could resupply, and then finding an alternative (3) __________ to the East Indies. After rounding the tip of South America, Admiral Byron confronted the world’s (4) ____________ body of water the endless Pacific Ocean. After a month of empty blue horizon, a tiny island (5) __________. Byron joyously described the island’s “beautiful appearance – surrounded by a beach of the finest white sand – and covered with tall trees.”