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2185:, or more particularly the mast formation, sails and rigging, resembled certain significant artefacts that formed part of the season of worship. Similarly, Cook's clockwise route around the island of Hawaii before making landfall resembled the processions that took place in a clockwise direction around the island during the Lono festivals. It has been argued (most extensively by
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6259:. New York: Octagon Books, 1975. (Reprint by special arrangement with Yale University Press. Originally published at New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928), p. 574; the Tripartite Convention (United States, Germany, Great Britain) was signed at Washington on 2 December 1899 with ratification exchanged on 16 February 1900
3587:. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing at Fangataufa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The last test was on 27 January 1996. On 29 January 1996, France announced that it would accede to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and no longer test nuclear weapons.
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Modern archeology, anthropology and linguistic studies confirm widespread Tongan cultural influence ranging widely through East 'Uvea, Rotuma, Futuna, Samoa and Niue, parts of
Micronesia (Kiribati, Pohnpei), Vanuatu, and New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, and while some academics prefer the term
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in Alaska. In a single visit, Cook charted the majority of the North
American north-west coastline on world maps for the first time, determined the extent of Alaska, and closed the gaps in Russian (from the West) and Spanish (from the South) exploratory probes of the Northern limits of the Pacific.
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Moreover, a recent study which included radiocarbon dates from what is thought to be very early material suggests that the island was settled as recently as 1200 CE. This seems to be supported by a 2006 study of the island's deforestation, which could have started around the same time. A large, now
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Tuamotu Archipelago was selected as the new testing site. Moruroa atoll became notorious as a site of French nuclear testing, primarily because tests were carried out there after most Pacific testing had ceased. These tests were opposed by most other nations in Oceania. The last atmospheric
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interbred in Asia with these humans. He has found that people of New Guinea share 4â6% of their genome with the
Denisovans, indicating this exchange. The Denisovans are considered cousin to the Neanderthals; both groups are now understood to have migrated out of Africa, with the Neanderthals going
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The study found a high rate of genetic differentiation and diversity among the groups living within the
Melanesian islands, with the peoples distinguished by island, language, topography, and geography among the islands. Such diversity developed over their tens of thousands of years of settlement
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attempted to introduce a series of bills which would have, amongst other things, pardoned those involved in the 2000 coup. Bainimarama, concerned that the legal and racial injustices of the previous coups would be perpetuated, staged his own coup. It was internationally condemned, and Fiji again
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In 1940 the administration of French
Polynesia recognized the Free French Forces and many Polynesians served in World War II. Unknown at the time to French and Polynesians, the Konoe Cabinet in Imperial Japan on 16 September 1940 included French Polynesia among the many territories which were to
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Micronesia began to be settled several millennia ago, although there are competing theories about the origin and arrival of the first settlers. There are numerous difficulties with conducting archaeological excavations in the islands, due to their size, settlement patterns and storm damage. As a
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again. On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New
Zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south. Although he charted almost the entire eastern coastline of Australia, showing it to be continental in size, the Terra Australis was believed by the Royal
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are descriptions sometimes given to Tongan expansionism and projected hegemony dating back to 950 CE, but at its peak during the period 1200â1500. While modern researchers and cultural experts attest to widespread Tongan influence and evidences of transoceanic trade and exchange of material and
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After the fall of Toma, only minor German forces were left in New Guinea and these generally capitulated once met by
Australian forces. In December 1914, one German officer near Angorum attempted resist the occupation with thirty native police but his force deserted him after they fired on an
856:. The area of Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa served as a gateway into the rest of the Pacific region now known as Polynesia. Ancient Tongan mythologies, as recorded by early European explorers, report the islands of 'Ata and Tongatapu as the first islands hauled to the surface from the deep ocean by
2244:. The Hawaiians prevented this, and Cook's men had to retreat to the beach. As Cook turned his back to help launch the boats, he was struck on the head by the villagers and then stabbed to death as he fell on his face in the surf. Hawaiian tradition says that he was killed by a chief named
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in 2008; based on genome scans and evaluation of more than 800 genetic markers among a wide variety of
Pacific peoples, it found that neither Polynesians nor Micronesians have much genetic relation to Melanesians. Both groups are strongly related genetically to East Asians, particularly
460:. It appeared that, having developed their sailing outrigger canoes, the Polynesian ancestors migrated from East Asia, moved through the Melanesian area quickly on their way, and kept going to eastern areas, where they settled. They left little genetic evidence in Melanesia.
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The first settlements in Fiji were started by voyaging traders and settlers from the west about 5000 years ago. Lapita pottery shards have been found at numerous excavations around the country. Aspects of Fijian culture are similar to the
Melanesian culture of the western
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Cook then voyaged west, reaching the south-eastern coast of Australia on 19 April 1770, and in doing so his expedition became the first recorded Europeans to have encountered its eastern coastline. On 23 April he made his first recorded direct observation of
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by some Hawaiians who treated Cook as an incarnation of Lono. Though this view was first suggested by members of Cook's expedition, the idea that any Hawaiians understood Cook to be Lono, and the evidence presented in support of it, were challenged in 1992.
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The esteem which the islanders nevertheless held for Cook caused them to retain his body. Following their practice of the time, they prepared his body with funerary rituals usually reserved for the chiefs and highest elders of the society. The body was
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Samoa became the first pacific nation to gain independence in 1962. Nauru became second in 1968, followed by Fiji and Tonga in 1970 and numerous other nations in the 1970s and 1980s. The South Pacific Forum was founded in 1971, which became the
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Slow Boat model: Similar to the express-train model but with a longer hiatus in Melanesia along with admixture (genetically, culturally and linguistically) with the local population. This is supported by the Y-chromosome data of Kayser
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but have a stronger connection to the older Polynesian cultures. Stretching across 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from east to west, Fiji has been a nation of many languages. Fiji's history was one of settlement but also of mobility.
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In sight of Port Moresby itself, the Japanese began to run out of momentum against the Australians who began to receive further reinforcements. Having outrun their supply lines and following the reverses suffered by the Japanese at
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Atoll were forced to abandon their island. Three years later the islanders were allowed to return, but suffered abnormally high levels of cancer. They were evacuated again in 1985 and in 1996 given $ 45 million in compensation.
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between warring tribes were quite rampant and very much part of everyday life. In later centuries, the reputation of the cannibal lifestyle deterred European sailors from going near Fijian waters, and Fiji acquired the name
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at 900 BCE, the small differences in dates with Samoa being due to differences in radiocarbon-dating technologies between 1989 and 2010, the Tongan site apparently predating the Samoan site by some few decades in real time.
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for repairs. Tensions rose, and a number of quarrels broke out between the Europeans and Hawaiians. On 14 February 1779, at Kealakekua Bay, some Hawaiians took one of Cook's small boats. As thefts were quite common in
2036:, but turned towards Tahiti to resupply his ship. He then resumed his southward course in a second fruitless attempt to find the supposed continent. On this leg of the voyage he brought a young Tahitian named
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On 1 May 1979, in recognition of the evolving political status of the Marshall Islands, the United States recognized the constitution of the Marshall Islands and the establishment of the Government of the
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In 1946, French Polynesians were granted French citizenship and the islands' status was changed to an overseas territory; the islands' name was changed in 1957 to Polynésie Française (French Polynesia).
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Burley, David V.; Barton, Andrew; Dickinson, William R.; Connaughton, Sean P.; Taché, Karine (2010). "Nukuleka as a Founder Colony for West Polynesian Settlement: New Insights from Recent Excavations".
2467:. Between 1873 and 1876, 4,200 political prisoners were "relegated" in New Caledonia. Only forty of them settled in the colony, the rest returned to France after being granted amnesty in 1879 and 1880.
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In the archaeological record there are well-defined traces of this expansion, allowing researchers to follow and date the path it took with some certainty. It is thought that by roughly 1400 BCE,
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unsuccessfully lobbied for British protection in 1888, so in 1889 they were annexed by France. Postage stamps were first issued in the colony in 1892. The first official name for the colony was
1485:. As Tasman sailed out of the bay he was again attacked, this time by 11 waka . The waka approached the Zeehan which fired and hit one MÄori who fell down. Canister shot hit the side of a waka.
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After some exploration, Tasman had intended to proceed in a northerly direction but as the wind was unfavourable he steered east. On 13 December they sighted land on the north-west coast of the
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as part of a strategy of isolating Australia from the United States. Initially only limited Australian forces were available to oppose them, and after making rapid progress the Japanese
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before the Polynesian ancestors ever arrived at the islands. For instance, populations developed differently in coastal areas, as opposed to those in more isolated mountainous valleys.
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was planning in South-East Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. There were simultaneous Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held
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All other German and Austrian possessions in Asia and the Pacific fell without bloodshed. Naval warfare was common; all of the colonial powers had naval squadrons stationed in the
992:. There is considerable uncertainty about the accuracy of this legend as well as about the date of settlement. Published literature suggests the island was settled around 300â400
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to supply the Japanese garrison on Guadalcanal. Of more than 36,000 Japanese on Guadalcanal, about 26,000 were killed or missing, 9,000 died of disease, and 1,000 were captured.
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become Japanese possessions in the post-war worldâthough in the course of the war in the Pacific the Japanese were not able to launch an actual invasion of the French islands.
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In 1852, French Polynesia was granted partial internal autonomy; in 1984, the autonomy was extended. French Polynesia became a full overseas collectivity of France in 2004.
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operating in remote locations, often on Japanese held islands, providing early warning and intelligence of Japanese naval, army and aircraft movements during the campaign.
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Additional DNA analysis has taken research into new directions, as more human species have been discovered since the late 20th century. Based on his genetic studies of the
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was settled before or around 3500 to 1000 BC, although the details of Pacific migration remain vague. It is believed that the Lapita people or the ancestors of the
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who now comprise the majority of people in China and Taiwan. There are three theories regarding the prehistoric spread of humans across the Pacific to Polynesia. Kayser
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Dunn, Michael; Angela Terrill; Ger Reesink; Robert A. Foley; Stephen C. Levinson (2005). "Structural Phylogenetics and the Reconstruction of Ancient Language History".
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Australia's first inhabitants, the Aboriginal people, are believed to have migrated from some unknown point in Asia to Australia between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
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became an important and bloody campaign fought in the Pacific War as the Allies began to repulse Japanese expansion. Of strategic importance during the war were the
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The first Dutch government posts were established in 1898 and in 1902: Manokwari on the north coast, Fak-Fak in the west and Merauke in the south at the border with
3703:. These were resisted by Papua New Guinea primarily because of the presence in Bougainville of the Panguna mine, which was vital to Papua New Guinea's economy. The
2071:. He then turned north to South Africa, and from there continued back to England. His reports upon his return home put to rest the popular myth of Terra Australis.
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clashed with under strength Australian forces at Awala, forcing them back to Kokoda. A number of Japanese attacks were subsequently fought off by the Australian
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Archeological research has shown the Dutch had tried to land at a major agricultural area, which the MÄori may have been trying to protect. Tasman named the bay
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settled there over 4,000 years ago. A decentralized chieftain-based system eventually evolved into a more centralized economic and religious culture centered on
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died of malaria. Peacekeeping troops led by Australia have been in the region since the late 1990s, and a referendum on independence will be held in the 2010s.
2455:, and from the 1860s until the end of the transportations in 1897, about 22,000 criminals and political prisoners were sent to New Caledonia, among them many
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Melanesians of some islands are one of the few non-European peoples, and the only dark-skinned group of people outside Australia, known to have blond hair.
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as French. In 1885, France appointed a governor and established a general council, thus giving it the proper administration for a colony. The islands of
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The Saudeleur era lasted around 500 years. Legend generally dates their downfall to the 1500s, however archaeologists date Saudeleur ruins to c. 1628.
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Rapanui's Tu'u ko Iho Versus Mangareva's 'Atu Motua. Evidence for Multiple Reanalysis and Replacement in Rapanui Settlement Traditions, Easter Island.
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Some of the most intense fighting of the Second World War occurred in the Solomons. The most significant of the Allied Forces' operations against the
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and nearby islands. Indigenous Australians migrated from Africa to Asia around 70,000 years ago and arrived in Australia around 50,000 years ago. The
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to Samoa looking for an alliance against colonial powers. It ended in suspicions from the German Navy and embarrassment for the conduct of the crew.
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Islands Tasman's ships came close to being wrecked on the dangerous reefs of the north-eastern part of the Fiji group. He charted the eastern tip of
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crossed the Pacific from Mexico to the Philippines and back, in the first transpacific trade route in history. Combined with the Spanish Atlantic or
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by roughly 1400 BCE, reaching western Polynesian islands about 900 BCE. This theory is supported by the majority of current human genetic data,
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In 1905 the British government transferred some administrative responsibility over south-east New Guinea to Australia (which renamed the area "
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From the Sandwich Islands Cook sailed north and then north-east to explore the west coast of North America north of the Spanish settlements in
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On 24 November 1642 Abel Tasman sighted the west coast of Tasmania, north of Macquarie Harbour. He named his discovery Van Diemen's Land after
680:. Micronesian colonists gradually settled the Marshall Islands during the 2nd millennium BCE, with inter-island navigation made possible using
3662:. Many indigenous Fijians were unhappy at the treatment of Speight and his supporters, feeling that the coup had been legitimate. In 2006 the
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in August 1914 by New Zealand forces. The campaign to take Samoa ended without bloodshed after over 1,000 New Zealanders landed on the German
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French Catholic missionaries arrived on Tahiti in 1834; their expulsion in 1836 caused France to send a gunboat in 1838. In 1842, Tahiti and
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arrived; they may have had some influence on the new culture, and archaeological evidence shows that Polynesians would have then moved on to
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result, much evidence is based on linguistic analysis. The earliest archaeological traces of civilization have been found on the island of
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still roamed Europe. The original inhabitants of the group of islands now named Melanesia were likely the ancestors of the present-day
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around the American continent. After dropping Omai at Tahiti, Cook travelled north and in 1778 became the first European to visit the
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in 1942 and 1947 respectively, marking their legislative independence from the United Kingdom. Hawaii became a U.S. state in 1959.
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and the other islands, Cook would have taken hostages until the stolen articles were returned. He attempted to take as hostage the
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Kayser, M.; Brauer, S.; Cordaux, R.; Casto, A.; Lao, O.; Zhivotovsky, L.A.; Moyse-Faurie, C.; Rutledge, R.B.; et al. (2006).
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over a century earlier, in 1642). Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only some minor errors (such as calling
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and on 28 November 1520 entered the ocean which he named "Pacific". The three remaining ships, led by Magellan and his captains
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into Europe, and the Denisovans heading east about 400,000 years ago. This is based on genetic evidence from a fossil found in
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After a month's stay, Cook resumed his exploration of the Northern Pacific. Shortly after leaving Hawaii Island, however, the
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as a resting place for west-bound galleons. For a long time this was the only non-coastal European settlement in the Pacific.
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2017:, and eventually sailed back to Britain, while Cook continued to explore the Antarctic, reaching 71°10'S on 31 January 1774.
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found a wind system that would allow ships to sail eastward from Asia, back to the Americas. From then until 1815 the annual
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began attacking the mine in 1988, forcing its closure the following year. Further BRA activity led to the declaration of a
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were made. Once the observations were completed, Cook opened the sealed orders which were additional instructions from the
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in the place called Lalopua (from Official documents of the Tuimanuʻa government, 1893; Office of the Governor, 2004).
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recorded local oral traditions about the original settlers. In these traditions, Easter Islanders claimed that a chief
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or Pacific Oceans. These fleets operated by supporting the invasions of German held territories and by destroying the
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A successive European claim occurred in 1828, when the Netherlands formally claimed the western half of the island as
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mediation and German compensation of $ 4.5 million, Spain recognized a German claim in 1885. Germany established a
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arrived on the island in one or two large canoes with his wife and extended family. They are believed to have been
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after annexing it from Germany. The Japanese headquarters was established at the German center of administration,
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was founded in 1843. In 1880, France annexed Tahiti, changing the status from that of a protectorate to that of a
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and the conflict continued until about 2005, when successionist leader and self-proclaimed King of Bougainville
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that united Pohnpei's estimated 25,000 people until its centralized system collapsed amid the invasion of
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for the second part of his voyage: to search the south Pacific for signs of the postulated rich southern
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had yet to be established, so the dates in Cook's journal are a day earlier than those accepted today.
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witnessed the storm and its aftermath at Apia and later wrote about what he saw. The Samoan Civil War
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and reaching Mexico. Unable to find the right winds, it was forced to return to the East Indies. The
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Hage, P.; Marck, J. (2003). "Matrilineality and Melanesian Origin of Polynesian Y Chromosomes".
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overthrew, claiming racial discrimination against ethnic Fijians. The coup was denounced by the
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commemorating his first contact with the Hawaiian Islands at the town's harbour in January 1778
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In 1962, France's early nuclear testing ground of Algeria became independent and the atoll of
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had been on the first voyage. On his return voyage to New Zealand in 1774, Cook landed at the
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in 1975, and a civil war followed in the early 1990s, with it later being granted autonomy.
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spread 6,000 kilometres eastwards from the Bismarck Archipelago, until it reached as far as
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to Tahiti, or so the public were led to believe. The trip's principal goal was to locate a
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system in existence today. Isokelekel is regarded as the creator of the modern Pohnpeian
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annexed south-eastern New Guinea. However, the Queensland government's superiors in the
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at the beginning of the attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the
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settled the islands first but not much is known of what became of them after the
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Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment: Sequencing peace in Bougainville
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Summary of Thomas S. Barthel's version of Hotu Matu'a's arrival to Easter Island
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in the Pacific was controversial in the 1980s, in 1985 French agents caused the
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Braithwaite, John; Charlesworth, Hilary; Reddy, Peter & Dunn, Leah (2010).
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Micronesian Histories: An Analytical Bibliography and Guide to Interpretations
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Due to its low population, Oceania was a popular location for atmospheric and
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revoked the claim, and (formally) assumed direct responsibility in 1884, when
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across the Sun. The expedition sailed from England on 26 August 1768, rounded
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is also hosted by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Hawaii.
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in the Pacific Ocean and China. The most significant military action was the
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on the table and his right hand points to the east coast of Australia on it.
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Burley, DV (1998). "Tongan Archaeology and the Tongan Past, 2850â150 B.P.".
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policy transferred asylum seekers to several Pacific nations, including the
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forces assaulted the Japanese beachheads, in what later became known as the
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Clerke assumed leadership of the expedition. Following the death of Clerke,
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sailed down the east coast of South America, found and sailed through the
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Captain Cook: The Life, Death and Legacy of History's Greatest Explorer
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direct involvement ended in 1901 when New Zealand annexed the island.
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of Oceania is divided into the prehistory of each of its major areas:
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Recent Advances in the Archaeology of the Fiji/West-Polynesia Region"
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France's Overseas Frontier: DĂ©partements et territoires d'outre-mer
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Cinderellas of the Empire: towards a history of Kiribati and Tuvalu
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Place Names of Pohnpei Island: Including And (Ant) and Pakin Atolls
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test was conducted in 1974, and the last underground test in 1996.
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The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
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test, known as Operation CROSSROADS (Event Baker), conducted at
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Papuan carriers evacuate Australian casualties on 30 August 1942
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Upon a Stone Altar: A History of the Island of Pohnpei to 1890
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in what is now China, but smaller actions were also fought at
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3789:. Australia, New Zealand and other nations took part in the
3609:
3491:), often with devastating consequences for the inhabitants.
3107:
Australian scouting party and he was subsequently captured.
1510:). Two names he gave to New Zealand landmarks still endure,
792:
of Polynesian Y chromosomes can be traced back to Melanesia.
2977:
2393:
2257:
2178:
2105:
2037:
1662:
1531:
1443:
islands. His navigator François Visscher, and his merchant
1440:
1294:
969:
845:
353:
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the
6120:
5181:
4915:
3943:
3518:
on 1 November (local date) in 1952, by the United States.
3261:
Some of the most prominent Oceanic battlegrounds were the
3158:. Two attacking Japanese planes can be seen: one over the
6178:
pp. 229â37. Golden Press Edition 1983, Gladesville, NSW.
5400:
Hunt, T.L., Lipo, C.P., 2006. Science, 1121879. See also
5175:"Ha'amonga 'a Maui (Trilithon) and 'esi Maka Fa'akinanga"
1809:
to travel to the Pacific Ocean to observe and record the
1481:(canoes) and four of his men were attacked and killed by
1418:
charted almost three-quarters of the Australian coastline
800:(so-named after their pottery tradition) appeared in the
528:
447:
However, the theory is contradicted by the findings of a
4854:
4803:
4326:
3088:, supported by an Australian and French naval squadron.
2904:
was a confrontation standoff between the United States,
2677:
claimed north-eastern New Guinea as the protectorate of
2657:. In 1883, following a short-lived French annexation of
2630:, and also claimed the territory for the King of Spain.
2143:. Cook explored and mapped the coast all the way to the
6230:
5707:. National Library of Australia. 2 May 1931. p. 12
3833:
List of countries and islands by first human settlement
3403:. Following a landing near Gona, on the north coast of
1817:
and continued westward across the Pacific to arrive at
1273:, Spanish explorers in the 17th century discovered the
634:
linked by a network of canals, and is often called the
365:, which are at the northernmost tip of Queensland near
6233:
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
5971:. Lahainaluna: Press of the Mission Seminary. p.
5391:. Chapter 2: Twilight at Easter pp. 79â119. See p. 89.
5344:
The Journal of Pacific History, 29(1), 3â18. See also
5303:, Cambridge University Press, p. 151, IBNS 0521311144.
4517:. University of Texas Press. pp. 60, 63, 76, 85.
3494:
From 1946 to 1958, the Marshall Islands served as the
3099:; the Allies won the day and the Germans retreated to
2998:
was able to escape the harbor and survived the storm.
2392:
Among the last islands in Oceania to be colonised was
1878:
from the South Island, and which Tasman had not seen.
1469:
on the assumption that it was connected to an island (
422:
and possibly the smaller islands farther to the east.
607:
social system and the father of the Pompeian people.
4857:"Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y chromosome"
4406:
Flood, Bo; Strong, Beret E.; Flood, William (2002).
4338:
4314:
3076:
A platoon of German reservists at Bita Paka in 1914.
2934:
The 1889 incident involved three American warships,
1766:
British exploration and Captain James Cook's voyages
1423:
5727:"Secret Instructions to Captain Cook, 30 June 1768"
4191:"The Melanesian Origin of Polynesian Y chromosomes"
4043:"When did Australia's earliest inhabitants arrive?"
2980:harbor, which was monitored by the British warship
2976:, keeping each other at bay over several months in
2354:in 1872, with much of Oceania being annexed by the
1526:. En route back to Batavia, Tasman came across the
591:. The Saudeleur Dynasty ended with the invasion of
564:, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras:
6633:
5522:
4762:
2147:, on the way identifying what came to be known as
2100:. The voyage was ostensibly planned to return the
1530:archipelago on 20 January 1643. While passing the
5520:
5379:Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
5239:
4716:Goetzfridt, Nicholas J; Peacock, Karen M (2002).
4715:
4589:. University of Guam. 1990. pp. 92, 203, 277
2203:The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779
1348:Dutch Republic in the Age of Discovery (category)
914:..."empire" is probably the most convenient term.
645:and was the ceremonial and political seat of the
6979:
5078:The Polynesians â Prehistory of an Island People
4405:
4163:
3583:to prevent it from arriving at the test site in
2116:. After his initial landfall in January 1778 at
5873:
5871:
5818:"Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Pioneer"
5313:Pacific Peoples, Melanesia/Micronesia/Polynesia
5300:Divine hunger: cannibalism as a cultural system
4918:"Melanesian origin of Polynesian Y chromosomes"
4797:
4549:
2606:explored the southern coast of New Guinea from
2325:Political Map of the Asia-Pacific Region, 1939.
1760:with the two ships, drawing by Isaack Gilsemans
471:, an ancient human species discovered in 2010,
5755:"Cook's Journal: Daily Entries, 22 April 1770"
3878:Also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the
3791:Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
3498:for the United States, and was the site of 67
3010:, in the partition of the Samoan Islands into
2738:and set up trading stations on the islands of
2181:. Coincidentally the form of Cook's ship, HMS
1045:European contact and exploration (1500sâ1700s)
6897:
6670:
6267:
6265:
6021:
5811:
5809:
5583:. Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 4 March 2009.
5459:: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (
5437:. Vol. 94, no. 5. pp. 412â19.
5218:, Patrick Vinton Kirch; Roger C. Green (2001)
4545:
4543:
4541:
4070:The Australian Journal of Media & Culture
3670:In 2006 the then Australia Defence Minister,
3446:
2990:The standoff ended on 15 and 16 March when a
2342:led to several of the mutineers escaping the
2085:On his last voyage, Cook again commanded HMS
1293:. In 1668, the Spaniards founded a colony on
511:History of the Federated States of Micronesia
248:
6479:
6274:"Chapter V â Affairs in the Western Pacific"
6009:
5997:
5985:
5949:
5877:
5868:
5862:
5850:
5525:Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
5467:
5422:
4677:
4675:
4606:
4604:
4372:
4240:"The Genetic Structure of Pacific Islanders"
4019:"Sequencing Uncovers a 9,000 Mile Walkabout"
2447:took formal possession of New Caledonia and
1944:
1054:
6606:
6584:
6150:"History of French Polynesia, 1889 to 1918"
6064:"History of French Polynesia, 1797 to 1889"
5913:
5896:
5891:
5555:"Original map of Tasmania in December 1642"
5167:
4291:
4072:, vol. 3 no 3, 1990. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
4011:
3318:
3258:before they were finally defeated in 1945.
3227:from interfering with military actions the
3125:also fell to Allied forces during the war.
2641:controlled the western half of New Guinea,
2279:returned home in October 1780 commanded by
2074:
1770:
1717:The first European impression of MÄori, at
676:came to the Marianas in the 1800s from the
475:claims that ancient human ancestors of the
6904:
6890:
6677:
6663:
6542:
6262:
6127:. Cambridge University Press. p. 46.
5806:
5346:Rapa Nui / Geography, History and Religion
5288:: 198â245. Auckland: David Bateman. p. 230
5020:
4995:. London: University of California Press.
4709:
4644:
4538:
4332:
4287:
4285:
2857:
2707:, to be administered by Australia under a
1657:The continent of Australia (then known as
1341:
1212:
1185:returned west across the Indian Ocean and
255:
241:
5261:
5049:
5021:Green, Roger C.; Leach, Helen M. (1989).
4933:
4892:
4882:
4831:
4821:
4768:
4672:
4610:
4601:
4550:Panholzer, Tom; Rufino, Mauricio (2003).
4438:
4436:
4385:. University of Texas Press. p. 30.
4265:
4255:
4206:
4132:
3978:
3677:
2847:, including the Marshall Islands, as the
2586:) and signed a treaty of annexation with
2512:Category:Spanish explorers of the Pacific
2227:foremast broke, so the ships returned to
2024:James Cook witnessing human sacrifice in
2005:(17 January 1773). In the Antarctic fog,
2001:, becoming one of the first to cross the
1846:, who had extensive knowledge of Pacific
1456:Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
6911:
6141:
6055:
5887:
5885:
5815:
5657:
5473:
5445:(inactive 24 April 2024). Archived from
5075:
5069:
4681:
4086:
4084:
4082:
4080:
4078:
3722:
3608:
3560:peoples from their ancestral homelands.
3450:
3382:
3373:
3298:
3283:
3142:
3071:
3025:
2994:wrecked all six warships in the harbor.
2887:
2879:
2808:that partitioned the eastern islands of
2632:
2549:
2439:On 24 September 1853, under orders from
2411:
2320:
2289:
2283:, a veteran of Cook's first voyage, and
2196:
2032:Cook almost encountered the mainland of
2019:
1954:
1931:
1913:, the voyage continued, sailing through
1788:
1780:
1304:
1094:
1084:
964:
862:
716:places their prehistoric origins in the
548:
537:
520:, dated to 1500 BCE or slightly before.
435:
53:
50:MÄori war dance, New Zealand, circa 1850
45:
25:
6628:
6561:
6314:
6201:
5902:
5619:"First contact violence linked to food"
4556:. Bess Press. pp. xiii, xii, 101.
4282:
3918:. Australian Government. Archived from
2815:
2761:
2614:including Orangerie Bay which he named
2369:) and the Ellice Islands (now known as
1560:Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography
1522:was renamed by Cook 125 years later to
6980:
6684:
6430:"Hands off Fiji, army commander warns"
6351:, XII, #1 (January 2002), p. 32 fn 81.
6168:
6091:
6089:
6087:
6085:
6015:
5961:
5907:
5529:. W.W. Norton & Company. pp.
5503:, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
5431:"Rethinking the Fall of Easter Island"
5113:
4638:
4617:. Simon and Schuster. pp. 45â48.
4514:Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia
4510:
4504:
4442:
4433:
4382:Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia
4378:
4036:
3695:From 1975, there were attempts by the
3214:United States' entry into World War II
2849:Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
2501:
2329:
1408:(or VOC) was a major force behind the
1289:and New Guinea, named after navigator
1189:went north in the hope of finding the
698:Polynesia § Origins and expansion
6885:
6658:
6523:
6501:
6449:"Chapter 7: The cost of the conflict"
6121:Robert Aldrich; John Connell (2006).
5882:
5838:
5800:
5587:from the original on 10 November 2010
5080:. Thames and Hudson. pp. 45â65.
4990:
4476:
4399:
4350:
4344:
4320:
4075:
3536:was such that the inhabitants of the
3502:on various atolls. The world's first
2714:
2696:within their respective territories.
2407:
6545:The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia
6543:Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate (2000).
6271:
6114:
5428:
5402:"Late Colonization of Easter Island"
5328:Resemblance of the name to an early
5014:
4412:. Bess Press. pp. 145â47, 160.
3995:
3651:, apparently with military support.
3147:Photograph from a Japanese plane of
2780:in 1857, and with Hawaii becoming a
2597:
2496:Ătablissements Français de l'OcĂ©anie
2167:. Cook's arrival coincided with the
1793:Famous official portrait of Captain
1439:) and New Zealand, and to sight the
6377:. Mylescfoxdd829.net. 7 August 1942
6207:
6082:
5816:Williams, Glyn (17 February 2011).
5581:"European discovery of New Zealand"
5501:Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis
4958:
4360:. United States Department of State
3793:from 2003 after a request for aid.
2383:British Western Pacific Territories
1177:, then sailed north and caught the
1049:
788:(2000), which shows that all three
641:. It is located near the island of
13:
6528:. University of California Press.
6272:Jose, Arthur Wilberforce (1941) .
5521:Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe (2006).
4577:
3781:Between 2001 and 2007 Australia's
3739:in the 20th century, adopting the
3177:, mainly between the belligerents
2177:of worship for the Polynesian god
1842:With the help of a Tahitian named
556:, capital of the Saudeleur Dynasty
87:
14:
6999:
6364:, 81 (December 1955), pp. 1315â31
6147:
6061:
5027:Journal of the Polynesian Society
3735:Australia and New Zealand became
3667:suspended from the Commonwealth.
3038:of World War I was a conquest of
2618:. His expedition also discovered
2566:commanded an expedition from the
2531:, who visited them together with
2498:(French Settlements in Oceania).
2474:, which formerly belonged to the
2470:In the 1880s, France claimed the
2385:(BWPT), and later as part of the
2381:from 1892 to 1916 as part of the
2128:the "Sandwich Islands" after the
1959:A statue of James Cook stands in
1823:observations of the Venus Transit
1721:. Drawing by Isaack Gilsemans in
1424:Abel Tasman's exploratory voyages
1364:European exploration of Australia
1231:in the North Pacific, as well as
921:art from Fijian towns shows that
904:non-material cultural artifacts,
6440:
6422:
6401:
6389:
6367:
6354:
6341:
6231:Stevenson, Robert Louis (1892).
6040:, Institute of Pacific Studies,
5645:"'A view of the Murderers' Bay'"
5474:Hunt, Terry; Lipo, Carl (2011).
5177:. Wondermondo. 20 November 2011.
5104:. Cambridge: Blackwell Publisher
4611:Ballinger, Bill Sanborn (1978).
3872:
3773:Republic of the Marshall Islands
2719:Germany established colonies in
1917:before returning to England via
1749:
1734:
1710:
1694:
1670:
1650:
1634:
1619:
1603:
1551:
1496:) and sailed north, but mistook
1406:Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
1209:, and other islands of Oceania.
1069:Portugal in the Age of Discovery
740:, although they differ from the
630:, consists of a series of small
224:
6640:. University of Chicago Press.
6473:
6320:
6308:
6249:
6224:
6196:Parliament of a Thousand Tribes
6188:
6042:University of the South Pacific
6030:
6003:
5991:
5979:
5968:History of the Sandwich Islands
5955:
5943:
5856:
5844:
5832:
5794:
5768:
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5691:
5651:
5637:
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5394:
5367:
5355:
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5306:
5291:
5278:
5233:
5221:
5209:
5190:
5151:
5142:
5107:
5094:
4984:
4909:
4848:
4810:Molecular Biology and Evolution
4743:
4470:
4231:
4182:
3859:
3850:
3705:Bougainville Revolutionary Army
3640:and Fiji was expelled from the
3590:
3311:under aerial attack during the
3128:
2246:Kalaimanokahoʻowaha or Kanaʻina
1412:(category; c. 1590sâ1720s) and
1410:Golden Age of Dutch exploration
1133:(Martim A. Melo Coutinho), the
6705:Federated States of Micronesia
6611:. Princeton University Press.
6607:Obeyesekere, Gananath (1997).
6592:. Princeton University Press.
6562:Morison, Samuel Eliot (2001).
6547:. University of Hawaii Press.
6524:Kirch, Patrick Vinton (2001).
5734:National Archives of Australia
5682:He holds his own chart of the
5059:Journal of Pacific Archaeology
4833:11858/00-001M-0000-0010-0145-0
4157:
4134:11858/00-001M-0000-0013-1B84-E
4096:
4052:
4049:, 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
3937:
3908:
3828:History of the Pacific Islands
3577:Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
3313:Battle of the Eastern Solomons
3021:
2637:New Guinea from 1884 to 1919.
2316:
1990:commanded its companion ship,
1976:Society to lie further south.
1610:Waka taua (war canoes) at the
1197:expedition achieved the first
20:History of the Pacific Islands
1:
6398:. NPR: National Public Radio.
6330:(Brassey's, 2000), pp. 17ff;
5663:"Captain James Cook, 1728â79"
5608:pp. 21â22. Random House. 2008
5317:Central Queensland University
4935:10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00734-X
4358:"Background Note: Micronesia"
4208:10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00734-X
3916:"About Australia:Our Country"
3901:
3888:Imperial General Headquarters
3755:, geographically part of the
3718:
3552:, forcing the removal of the
3219:The attack was intended as a
3008:Tripartite Convention of 1899
2884:Wrecked vessels at Apia, 1889
2806:Tripartite Convention of 1899
2786:Tripartite Convention of 1899
2746:to carry out the flourishing
2211:
1744:, drawing by Isaack Gilsemans
1281:archipelagos, and sailed the
1201:of the world and reached the
1065:Spain in the Age of Discovery
825:
776:data, and archaeological data
490:
416:Solomon Islands (archipelago)
306:
6568:University of Illinois Press
5297:Sanday, Peggy Reeves (1986)
4257:10.1371/journal.pgen.0040019
3223:action in order to keep the
3173:saw major action during the
3165:and one over the Naval Yard.
3030:Location of Bita Paka, 1914.
2645:the north-eastern part, and
2206:, an unfinished painting by
1936:A MÄori chief with tattoos (
1821:on 13 April 1769, where the
1099:The MagellanâElcano voyage.
748:(2000) outline these well:
687:
395:
342:
7:
6281:Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow
5699:"The Sydney Morning Herald"
5116:Journal of World Prehistory
4648:The Native Polity of Ponape
4645:Riesenberg, Saul H (1968).
4379:Morgan, William N. (1988).
3796:
3757:Solomon Islands archipelago
3288:New Zealand troops land on
3091:Australian forces attacked
2955:and three German warships,
2558:after the 1770 exploration.
2492:Ătablissements de l'OcĂ©anie
2134:First Lord of the Admiralty
1951:Second voyage of James Cook
1254:In 1565, Spanish navigator
1241:Solomon Islands archipelago
1061:Magellan's circumnavigation
980:Early European visitors to
580:, c. 1100 to c. 1628); and
10:
7004:
6409:Sea power: a naval history
6396:The Battle for Guadalcanal
6212:. Brigham Young University
5164:. Vol. 1. Elibron Classics
4511:Morgan, William N (1988).
3823:History of Solomon Islands
3763:, tried unsuccessfully to
3741:Statute of Westminster Act
3681:
3617:Fiji has suffered several
3594:
3447:Nuclear testing in Oceania
3367:, when it was used by the
3363:"The Slot" was a name for
3322:
3200:against the United States
3132:
3082:Occupation of German Samoa
3040:German colonial possession
2919:The prime minister of the
2861:
2765:
2624:Tierra de San Buenaventura
2505:
2389:colony from 1916 to 1974.
2387:Gilbert and Ellice Islands
2081:Third voyage of James Cook
2078:
1948:
1894:, noting in his journal: "
1777:First voyage of James Cook
1774:
1645:'s first and second voyage
1345:
1329:). "The Island Continent"
1216:
1167:strait that bears his name
1058:
1007:calculations and on three
701:
691:
508:
494:
399:
346:
17:
6917:
6796:
6773:
6692:
6434:The Sydney Morning Herald
6198:, Heinemann, London, 1965
6102:. IEOM Nouvelle-Calédonie
6036:Macdonald, Barrie (2001)
5780:The Sydney Morning Herald
5704:The Sydney Morning Herald
5254:10.1017/s0003598x00097738
5202:18 September 2009 at the
4755:27 September 2013 at the
4164:Spriggs, Matthew (1997).
3838:List of Oceanian cuisines
3469:underground nuclear tests
3036:Asian and Pacific Theatre
2754:meat) trade. Marshallese
2709:League of Nations mandate
1945:Second voyage (1772â1775)
1785:Cook's map of New Zealand
1420:, except the east coast.
1414:Netherlandish cartography
1055:Early Iberian exploration
816:in Samoa. The site is at
760:and from the north-west (
6856:Northern Mariana Islands
6509:. Hodder and Stoughton.
6411:. Naval Institute Press
6317:, pp. 101, 120, 250
5930:National Maritime Museum
5498:C. Michael Hogan (2008)
5076:Bellwood, Peter (1987).
4682:Petersen, Glenn (1990).
4443:Hanlon, David L (1988).
4047:University of Wollongong
3843:
3759:but politically part of
3597:1987 Fijian coups d'Ă©tat
3455:A 21 kiloton underwater
3325:Solomon Islands campaign
3319:Solomon Islands campaign
3263:Solomon Islands campaign
2564:Felipe GonzĂĄlez de Ahedo
2163:, largest island in the
2075:Third voyage (1776â1779)
1862:an island, and thinking
1771:First voyage (1768â1771)
1679:Dutch East India Company
1471:Staten Island, Argentina
1269:Later, in the quest for
876:on the Tongan island of
682:traditional stick charts
271:includes the history of
67:This article is part of
6821:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
6630:Sahlins, Marshall David
6328:The Pearl Harbor Papers
6255:Ryden, George Herbert.
5667:Royal Museums Greenwich
5508:17 October 2012 at the
5429:Hunt, Terry L. (2006).
5128:10.1023/A:1022322303769
4884:10.1073/pnas.97.15.8225
4125:10.1126/science.1114615
3971:10.1126/science.1211177
3867:International Date Line
3813:History of Bougainville
3684:History of Bougainville
3642:Commonwealth of Nations
3605:2006 Fijian coup d'Ă©tat
3601:2000 Fijian coup d'Ă©tat
3496:Pacific Proving Grounds
3252:Battle of the Coral Sea
2868:Second Samoan Civil War
2858:Samoan Crisis 1887â1889
2705:Territory of New Guinea
2649:the south-eastern part.
2535:in 1788, en route from
2416:Society Island kingdoms
2130:fourth Earl of Sandwich
1866:was a peninsula of the
1558:A typical map from the
1342:Early Dutch exploration
1213:Other large expeditions
726:Maritime Southeast Asia
359:Torres Strait Islanders
6176:Discovery of Australia
5669:. Commissioned by Sir
5623:The New Zealand Herald
5415:29 August 2008 at the
5007:Quoted in Kayser, M.;
4750:The History of Mankind
4477:Cordy, Ross H (1993).
4333:Lal & Fortune 2000
4166:The Island Melanesians
3818:History of New Zealand
3787:Nauru detention centre
3728:
3690:Bougainville Civil War
3678:Bougainville Civil War
3614:
3479:), the United States (
3464:
3379:
3315:
3296:
3198:Imperial Japanese Navy
3190:attack on Pearl Harbor
3166:
3135:Attack on Pearl Harbor
3077:
3031:
3000:Robert Louis Stevenson
2897:
2885:
2843:to administer much of
2650:
2559:
2417:
2326:
2313:
2306:, and third voyage in
2217:
2029:
1986:on this voyage, while
1968:
1941:
1884:indigenous Australians
1874:, which separates the
1870:). He also identified
1864:Stewart Island/Rakiura
1798:
1786:
1686:Map and drawings from
1338:
1251:in the South Pacific.
1110:
1092:
977:
899:or "Tongan Empire" in
888:
842:archaeological culture
704:Early history of Tonga
557:
546:
444:
383:Indigenous Australians
371:indigenous inhabitants
361:are indigenous to the
349:Aboriginal Australians
335:) to 3,000 years ago (
301:Pacific island nations
92:
59:
51:
43:
6799:and other territories
6586:Obeyesekere, Gananath
6481:Collingridge, Vanessa
6097:"Rapport annuel 2010"
5383:Penguin Books: 2005.
4823:10.1093/molbev/msl093
3749:Pacific Islands Forum
3726:
3697:Bougainville Province
3612:
3510:", was tested at the
3454:
3389:Kokoda Track campaign
3383:Kokoda Track campaign
3377:
3303:The aircraft carrier
3302:
3287:
3256:Kokoda Track campaign
3146:
3075:
3029:
2896:wrecked at Apia, 1889
2891:
2883:
2804:Cession followed the
2766:Further information:
2636:
2553:
2516:The Spanish explorer
2415:
2379:Resident Commissioner
2324:
2293:
2200:
2023:
1958:
1935:
1792:
1784:
1512:Cape Maria van Diemen
1308:
1183:Juan SebastiĂĄn Elcano
1098:
1088:
968:
866:
720:, and ultimately, in
692:Further information:
672:. The Refaluwasch or
662:Austronesian language
552:
541:
523:The ancestors of the
495:Further information:
439:
400:Further information:
363:Torres Strait Islands
347:Further information:
91:
57:
49:
29:
6912:History by continent
6349:The Northern Mariner
5776:"Once were warriors"
5606:Diary of Abel Tasman
5148:Honolulu: The Museum
4991:Kirch, P.V. (2000).
4771:Current Anthropology
4295:(22 December 2010).
4064:21 July 2012 at the
3808:History of Australia
3803:Europeans in Oceania
3354:Guadalcanal Campaign
3329:Guadalcanal Campaign
2816:Japanese colonialism
2762:American colonialism
2616:BahĂa de San Lorenzo
2576:Madre de Dios Island
2336:Mutiny on the Bounty
2165:Hawaiian Archipelago
1661:) integrated within
1360:Frederick de Houtman
1161:) expedition led by
1153:in 1526). In 1519 a
972:at Ahu Tongariki on
941:, and even Hawai'i.
802:Bismarck Archipelago
714:Polynesian languages
458:Taiwanese aborigines
427:Austronesian peoples
355:Australian continent
215:World Heritage Sites
6436:. 25 November 2006.
6375:"The Tulagi Battle"
6156:on 30 December 2007
6070:on 30 December 2007
5625:. 23 September 2010
5443:10.1511/2006.61.412
5033:(3). Archived from
4875:2000PNAS...97.8225S
4409:Micronesian Legends
4117:2005Sci...309.2072D
3963:2011Sci...334...94R
3922:on 27 February 2012
3753:Bougainville Island
3441:Battle of BunaâGona
3267:Air raids on Darwin
3097:Battle of Bita Paka
3048:Battle of Bita Paka
2841:UN Security Council
2683:Kaiser-Wilhelmsland
2568:Viceroyalty of Peru
2508:Spanish East Indies
2502:Spanish colonialism
2472:Tuamotu Archipelago
2445:Febvrier Despointes
2426:French protectorate
2330:British colonialism
2300:, second voyage in
1520:Kaap Pieter Boreels
1516:Three Kings Islands
1477:in a double hulled
1145:in 1525), and west
1081:Spanish East Indies
1005:glottochronological
140:Arts and literature
6988:History of Oceania
6686:History of Oceania
6636:Islands of history
6507:Captain James Cook
6332:Google Books entry
6296:on 3 February 2014
6208:McBride, Spencer.
6148:Ganse, Alexander.
6062:Ganse, Alexander.
5782:. 11 November 2002
5449:on 6 October 2014.
5435:American Scientist
5160:. 2005 (reprint).
5102:The Lapita Peoples
3865:At this time, the
3765:become independent
3729:
3709:state of emergency
3631:Lieutenant Colonel
3623:indigenous Fijians
3615:
3525:from the American
3465:
3409:Owen Stanley Range
3380:
3316:
3297:
3225:U.S. Pacific Fleet
3167:
3078:
3067:East Asia Squadron
3032:
2898:
2886:
2822:South Seas Mandate
2715:German colonialism
2701:Territory of Papua
2690:British New Guinea
2651:
2604:LuĂs Vaz de Torres
2580:Isla de San Carlos
2570:that searched for
2562:In November 1770,
2560:
2556:Isla de San Carlos
2543:(two ships of the
2461:Henri de Rochefort
2418:
2408:French colonialism
2327:
2314:
2285:Captain James King
2218:
2110:North-West Passage
2030:
1969:
1942:
1911:Great Barrier Reef
1799:
1787:
1580:mainland Australia
1452:Antonio van Diemen
1339:
1291:LuĂs Vaz de Torres
1256:Andrés de Urdaneta
1163:Ferdinand Magellan
1111:
1107:Ferdinand Magellan
1093:
1090:Ferdinand Magellan
978:
906:empirical evidence
889:
828:1000 BCE based on
632:artificial islands
618:complex made from
558:
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375:mainland Australia
297:Western New Guinea
269:history of Oceania
93:
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6974:
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6878:
6871:Wallis and Futuna
6816:Clipperton Island
6774:Associated states
6647:978-0-226-73358-6
6618:978-0-691-05752-1
6554:978-0-8248-2265-1
6535:978-0-520-92896-1
6462:978-1-921666-68-1
6134:978-0-521-03036-6
6024:Tuvalu: A History
6010:Collingridge 2003
5998:Collingridge 2003
5986:Collingridge 2003
5950:Collingridge 2003
5878:Collingridge 2003
5863:Collingridge 2003
5851:Collingridge 2003
5485:978-1-4391-5031-3
5248:(318): 994â1004.
4970:Anthrocivitas.net
4691:Occasional Papers
4392:978-0-292-78621-9
4111:(5743): 2072â75.
3664:Fijian parliament
3656:Frank Bainimarama
3473:Operation Grapple
3365:New Georgia Sound
3345:and Red Beach on
3335:Japanese Imperial
3247:, and Hong Kong.
3196:conducted by the
3111:German Micronesia
3093:German New Guinea
3056:German New Guinea
3044:Siege of Tsingtao
2921:Kingdom of Hawaii
2768:Guano Islands Act
2679:German New Guinea
2598:Dutch colonialism
2518:Alonso de Salazar
2480:Marquesas Islands
2396:(1900). In 1887,
2124:, Cook named the
1923:Cape of Good Hope
1900:Kurnell Peninsula
1584:Van Diemen's Land
1433:Van Diemen's Land
1372:Dutch East Indies
1264:West Indies Fleet
1249:Admiralty Islands
1143:Gomes de Sequeira
1073:Portuguese Empire
1032:Chilean wine palm
1009:radiocarbon dates
895:Tuʻi Tonga Empire
869:Haʻamonga ʻa Maui
718:Malay Archipelago
674:Carolinian people
647:Saudeleur dynasty
574:Mwehin Sau Deleur
505:Saudeleur dynasty
453:Temple University
431:Polynesian people
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6861:Pitcairn Islands
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3894:during planning.
3886:by the Japanese
3880:Hawaii Operation
3876:
3870:
3863:
3857:
3854:
3783:Pacific Solution
3761:Papua New Guinea
3701:Papua New Guinea
3534:Marshall Islands
3516:Marshall Islands
3485:Marshall Islands
3477:Operation Antler
3417:South Seas Force
3175:Second World War
3123:Marshall Islands
2925:Walter M. Gibson
2914:Samoan Civil War
2906:Imperial Germany
2864:Samoan Civil War
2655:Dutch New Guinea
2524:, after English
2424:were declared a
2348:Pitcairn Islands
2346:and settling on
2310:
2304:
2298:
2226:
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2187:Marshall Sahlins
2175:harvest festival
2114:Hawaiian Islands
2102:Pacific Islander
2089:, while Captain
2046:Friendly Islands
2003:Antarctic Circle
1854:to do so (after
1811:transit of Venus
1753:
1738:
1714:
1698:
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1623:
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1445:Isaack Gilsemans
1225:Marshall Islands
1199:circumnavigation
1151:Jorge de Menezes
1147:Papua New Guinea
1139:Caroline Islands
1135:Tanimbar Islands
1123:Francisco SerrĂŁo
1119:AntĂłnio de Abreu
1050:Iberian pioneers
1030:(related to the
827:
798:"Lapita peoples"
770:Island Melanesia
678:Caroline Islands
620:basalt lava logs
610:Construction of
469:Denisova hominin
367:Papua New Guinea
293:Papua New Guinea
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3593:
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3294:Solomon Islands
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1979:Cook commanded
1973:Terra Australis
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1836:Terra Australis
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5478:. Free Press.
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5374:Diamond, Jared
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3672:Brendan Nelson
3649:George Speight
3638:United Nations
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3554:Pitjantjatjara
3487:) and France (
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3149:Battleship Row
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3012:American Samoa
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2782:U.S. territory
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2449:Port-de-France
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2365:(now known as
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2208:Johann Zoffany
2157:Kealakekua Bay
2091:Charles Clerke
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1356:Jacob Le Maire
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1137:, some of the
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3910:
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3619:coups d'Ă©tat
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3591:Fijian coups
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3532:test in the
3527:Castle Bravo
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3461:Bikini Atoll
3429:
3425:Kokoda Track
3413:Port Moresby
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3206:Pearl Harbor
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2771:
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2729:
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2579:
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2459:, including
2453:penal colony
2441:Napoleon III
2438:
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2375:protectorate
2360:
2334:In 1789 the
2333:
2307:
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1982:
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1908:
1895:
1892:Bawley Point
1888:Brush Island
1880:
1876:North Island
1868:South Island
1841:
1834:
1801:In 1766 the
1800:
1614:, 1827â1828.
1519:
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1489:
1487:
1467:Staten Landt
1466:
1463:South Island
1460:
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756:and eastern
745:
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525:Micronesians
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473:Svante PÀÀbo
466:
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418:, including
408:Neanderthals
405:
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382:
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333:Near Oceania
310:
268:
266:
148:Architecture
105:
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15:
6730:New Zealand
6362:Proceedings
5824:5 September
5739:3 September
5711:4 September
5661:(c. 1776).
5338:Tu'u ko Iho
5158:John Martin
4735:31 December
4701:31 December
4630:31 December
4593:31 December
4586:Micronesica
4569:31 December
4530:31 December
4496:31 December
4306:22 December
4301:NYTimes.com
4293:Carl Zimmer
3892:Operation Z
3713:Francis Ona
3433:Guadalcanal
3347:Guadalcanal
3235:and on the
3233:Philippines
3139:Pacific War
3022:World War I
2912:during the
2694:headhunting
2659:New Ireland
2545:First Fleet
2522:Krusenstern
2317:Colonialism
2262:Middle Ages
2215: 1795
2191:deification
2126:archipelago
1872:Cook Strait
1856:Abel Tasman
1756:The bay of
1723:Abel Tasman
1688:Abel Tasman
1659:New Holland
1643:Abel Tasman
1627:Abel Tasman
1596:New Zealand
1568:Nova Guinea
1564:Australasia
1524:Cape Egmont
1504:(naming it
1498:Cook Strait
1429:Abel Tasman
1386:New Zealand
1315:Australasia
1313:(including
1309:Regions of
1203:Philippines
1179:trade winds
1175:JoĂŁo SerrĂŁo
1131:Aru Islands
986:Hotu Matuêa
955:cannibalism
931:Melanesians
927:Polynesians
885:TuÊ»i-tÄ-tui
814:archaeology
754:Philippines
742:Han Chinese
710:Polynesians
694:Polynesians
670:Latte stone
566:Mwehin Kawa
477:Melanesians
402:Melanesians
289:New Zealand
6942:Antarctica
6334:on Prange
6300:30 January
6160:20 October
6106:30 January
6074:20 October
5839:Hough 1994
5801:Hough 1994
5676:23 January
5591:9 December
5565:27 January
5330:Mangarevan
5263:1885/39600
5041:1 November
4976:23 January
4345:Kirch 2001
4321:Kirch 2001
4250:(1): e19.
4244:PLOS Genet
3926:27 January
3902:References
3719:Modern age
3405:New Guinea
3307:Enterprise
3273:, and the
3221:preventive
3202:naval base
2862:See also:
2845:Micronesia
2794:Tui ManĂșÊ»a
2730:Following
2721:New Guinea
2667:Queensland
2622:naming it
2572:Davis Land
2537:Botany Bay
2506:See also:
2457:Communards
2443:, Admiral
2344:Royal Navy
2273:Resolution
2222:Resolution
2183:Resolution
2149:Cook Inlet
2093:commanded
2087:Resolution
2034:Antarctica
2007:Resolution
1983:Resolution
1807:James Cook
1795:James Cook
1690:'s voyages
1572:New Guinea
1544:James Cook
1540:New Guinea
1536:Vanua Levu
1494:Golden Bay
1346:See also:
1323:Micronesia
1217:See also:
1191:westerlies
1125:in 1512),
1059:See also:
1039:chilensis)
990:Polynesian
882:Tuʻi Tonga
872:, a stone
830:C14 dating
790:haplotypes
774:linguistic
766:New Guinea
734:Micronesia
702:See also:
651:Isokelekel
616:megalithic
604:nahnmwarki
598:nahnmwarki
593:Isokelekel
589:Pohnpeians
584:Nahnmwarki
509:See also:
491:Micronesia
325:Micronesia
313:prehistory
307:Prehistory
299:and other
158:Literature
125:Indigenous
36:Micronesia
18:See also:
6966:Australia
6700:Australia
5334:Atu Motua
5272:160933194
5242:Antiquity
5136:160340278
5011:. (2006).
4791:224791767
4664:1 January
4462:1 January
4425:1 January
4364:6 January
3751:in 2000.
3737:dominions
3653:Commodore
3546:Maralinga
3521:In 1954,
3411:to seize
3305:USS
3292:, in the
3245:Singapore
3160:USS
3153:USS
3119:Carolines
3004:continued
2982:HMS
2950:USS
2943:USS
2936:USS
2830:Kwajalein
2727:in 1900.
2628:Indonesia
2608:Milne Bay
2281:John Gore
2277:Discovery
2120:harbour,
2097:Discovery
2095:HMS
2069:Cape Horn
2011:Adventure
1994:Adventure
1992:HMS
1981:HMS
1852:Europeans
1848:geography
1831:continent
1827:Admiralty
1815:Cape Horn
1758:Tongatapu
1742:Tongatapu
1378:Australia
1331:Australia
1327:Melanesia
1319:Polynesia
1287:Australia
1237:Marquesas
1187:the other
1159:'Spanish'
1155:Castilian
878:Tongatapu
874:trilithon
818:Mulifanua
806:Melanesia
758:Indonesia
738:Melanesia
688:Polynesia
658:Chamorros
612:Nan Madol
554:Nan Madol
544:Nan Madol
501:Nan Madol
440:Boy from
396:Melanesia
390:Mungo Man
343:Australia
329:Polynesia
321:Melanesia
317:Australia
273:Australia
210:Armorial
184:Mythology
111:Languages
40:Polynesia
32:Melanesia
6982:Category
6927:Americas
6715:Kiribati
6632:(1985).
6588:(1992).
6505:(1994).
6483:(2003).
5965:(1843).
5585:Archived
5506:Archived
5413:Archived
5200:Archived
4944:11069104
4903:10899994
4842:16923821
4753:Archived
4276:18208337
4217:11069104
4143:16179483
4062:Archived
4028:19 March
3989:21940856
3797:See also
3581:Auckland
3538:Rongelap
3512:Enewetak
3483:and the
3393:Japanese
3254:and the
3181:and the
3121:and the
3115:Marianas
2996:Calliope
2984:Calliope
2938:Vandalia
2929:Kaimiloa
2837:Enewetak
2602:In 1606
2588:Rapa Nui
2526:explorer
2484:Rimatara
2367:Kiribati
2338:against
2170:Makahiki
1999:latitude
1805:engaged
1588:Tasmania
1437:Tasmania
1382:Tasmania
1285:between
1275:Pitcairn
1247:and the
1115:Moluccas
1102:Victoria
1028:disperta
974:Rapa Nui
768:, on to
666:Chamorro
542:Central
379:Tasmania
130:European
116:Religion
69:a series
6962:Oceania
6947:Eurasia
6866:Tokelau
6765:Vanuatu
6283:(ed.).
5935:11 July
4871:Bibcode
4267:2211537
4151:2963726
4113:Bibcode
4105:Science
3980:3991479
3959:Bibcode
3951:Science
3660:treason
3585:Moruroa
3571:French
3565:Moruroa
3523:fallout
3489:Moruroa
3421:Militia
2992:cyclone
2945:Trenton
2799:Faleula
2752:coconut
2750:(dried
2675:Germany
2647:Britain
2643:Germany
2610:to the
2554:Map of
2430:PapeetÄ
2422:Tahuata
2062:Vanuatu
2028:c. 1773
1919:Batavia
1904:Gweagal
1729:(1642).
1590:), and
1311:Oceania
1279:Vanuatu
1017:extinct
947:Pacific
919:Pottery
901:Oceania
664:called
643:Pohnpei
628:Pohnpei
582:Mwehin
562:Pohnpei
533:Pohnpei
482:Siberia
442:Vanuatu
197:Symbols
174:Cuisine
121:People
98:Society
6951:Europe
6922:Africa
6841:Hawaii
6760:Tuvalu
6644:
6615:
6596:
6574:
6551:
6532:
6513:
6491:
6459:
6419:p. 310
6415:
6381:7 July
6239:
6216:24 May
6182:
6131:
6052:, p. 1
6048:
5537:
5531:305â07
5482:
5387:
5270:
5134:
5084:
5009:et al.
4999:
4952:744958
4950:
4942:
4901:
4891:
4840:
4789:
4726:
4655:
4621:
4560:
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4453:
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4389:
4274:
4264:
4225:744958
4223:
4215:
4172:
4149:
4141:
3987:
3977:
3890:, and
3603:, and
3463:(1946)
3397:Allied
3343:Tulagi
3269:, the
3265:, the
3241:Malaya
3210:Hawaii
3162:Neosho
3117:, the
3113:, the
3086:colony
3063:Indian
2969:, and
2952:Nipsic
2874:, and
2826:Jaluit
2740:Jaluit
2661:, the
2541:Canton
2488:RĆ«rutu
2434:colony
2371:Tuvalu
2234:Tahiti
2225:'s
2118:Waimea
2060:, and
2042:Tupaia
2026:Tahiti
1961:Waimea
1925:, and
1921:, the
1844:Tupaia
1819:Tahiti
1528:Tongan
1518:, but
1500:for a
1400:, and
1370:, and
1325:, and
1243:, the
1239:, the
1235:, the
1233:Tuvalu
1205:, the
1129:, the
1079:, and
1037:Jubaea
998:Hawaii
852:, and
810:Taiwan
786:et al.
746:et al.
730:tribes
722:Taiwan
637:Venice
518:Saipan
503:, and
420:Makira
412:Papuan
327:, and
285:Hawaii
189:Sports
179:Cinema
6755:Tonga
6745:Samoa
6735:Palau
6725:Nauru
6336:et al
6294:(PDF)
6279:. In
6277:(PDF)
6100:(PDF)
5820:. BBC
5730:(PDF)
5268:S2CID
5132:S2CID
4948:S2CID
4894:26928
4787:S2CID
4687:(PDF)
4221:S2CID
4147:S2CID
4022:(PDF)
3844:Notes
3401:Papua
3179:Japan
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