Jack London wrote a story, "The Seed of McCoy", based on an incident in 1900 when a burning ship, the Pyrenees, was safely beached on Mangareva.
Jack London napísal príbeh "The Seed of McCoy" na základe incidentu z roku 1900 keď s horiacou loďou Pyrenees bezpečne pristál na atole Mangareva.