Christmas Island was founded and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary. Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is about 350 kilometres (190 nautical miles) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland.
It has an area of 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi). Christmas Island’s geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance have resulted in a high level of endemism among its flora and fauna, which is of great interest to scientists and naturalists. The territory derives its name from its discovery on Christmas Day 1643 by Captain William Mynors.
Sources: onthisday.com and Wikipedia
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