 
 <prompt> "The Spanish word for 'the' is 'el'. El is used before masculine nouns in Spanish, while 'la' is used before feminine nouns. For example, 'el perro' means 'the dog' and 'la casa' means 'the house'." <response>: Captain John Byron waka pass through di islands of Tuvalu for 1764 during im journey around di world as captain of di Dolphin (1751). Byron map out di atolls as Lagoon Islands. Keith S. Chambers and Doug Munro (1980) identify Niutao as di island wey Francisco Mourelle de la Rúa sail pass on 5 May 1781, so dem solve wetin Europeans bin call The Mystery of Gran Cocal. Mourelle's map and journal name di island El Gran Cocal ('The Great Coconut Plantation'); but, di latitude and longitude bin dey uncertain. Longitude fit only dey reckoned crudely as accurate chronometers no dey available until di late 18th century. 