Christian Martin Kleis (1850–1908), known as Martin Kleis, was born in

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and died in the Ellice Islands (

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-nor ...

). Kleis was the resident trader on Nui in the late 19th century. Kleis sold

copra Copra (from ) is the dried, white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted. Traditionally, the coconuts are sun-dried, especially for export, before the oil, also known as copra oil, is pressed out. The oil extracted from co ...

to Henderson and Macfarlane. In 1892 Captain E.H.M. Davis of reported on trading activities and traders on each of the Ellice Islands. The ship visited Nui on 29 July 1892. Captain Davis recorded in the ship’s journal that Kleis exported about 100 tons of copra in a good year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kleis, Christian Martin 1850 births 1908 deaths Date of death missing History of Tuvalu Danish expatriates in Tuvalu