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461: 555:'s gospel that only white men shall kill white men and that the lesser breeds must keep hands off. The schooners sailed up and down the lagoon, harrying and destroying. There was no escape from the narrow sand-circle, no bush to which to flee. The men were shot down at sight, and there was no avoiding being sighted. The villages were burned, the canoes smashed, the chickens and pigs killed, and the precious cocoanut trees chopped down. For a month this continued, when the schooner sailed away; but the fear of the white man had been seared into the souls of the islanders and never again were they rash enough to harm one. 73: 103: 875: 232: 110: 80: 254: 389: 53: 518:, during a German scientific expedition of the Southern Seas that took place in 1908–1910. This expedition visited both Ontong Java and neighboring Nukumanu Atoll, where they also carried out their research. Their work, "Luangiua und Nukumanu" was published in 1931. Sarfert and Damm claimed that both names of the atoll, Lord Howe and Ontong Java, were incorrect and called this atoll 368:
Ontong Java is roughly boot-shaped. The entire size of the atoll is 1,400 km (540 sq mi), but there are only 12 km (4.6 sq mi) of land, spread out over 122 small islands. The islands are mostly low-lying coral formations, the highest elevation being 13 m
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do not sell tickets to it, and tourists do not dream of its existence. Not even a white missionary has landed on its shore. Its five thousand natives are as peaceable as they are primitive. Yet they were not always peaceable. The
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Bayliss-Smith, Tim; Gough, Katherine; Christensen, Andreas Egelund; Kristensen, Soren pilgaard (2010). "Managing Ontong Java: Social institutions for production and governance of atoll resources in Solomon Islands".
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speak of them as hostile and treacherous. But the men who compile the Sailing Directions have never heard of the change that was worked in the hearts of the inhabitants, who, not many years ago, cut off a big
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approximately 2000 years ago. The main cultural and commercial exchanges took place with the inhabitants of neighboring Nukumanu Atoll, with whom Ontong Java people share many cultural affinities.
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Today the atoll's inhabitants make a subsistence living by means of coconut and taro (root) cultivation, as well as fishing. Until a ban in 2005, the primary source of income was
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Approximately 2000 people live on the atoll. There are two main villages where the population is concentrated with 1,386 on the island of
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and killed all hands with the exception of the second mate. The survivor carried the news to his brothers. The captains of three trading
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character despite their location in the Melanesian Archipelago of Solomon Islands. In former times both men and women wore elaborate
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all over their bodies. Two dialects of one language are spoken in this atoll, Luangiua and Pelau. This language belongs to the
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Sarfert, Ernst, and Hans Damm. "Luangiua und Nukumanu." Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition, 1908-1910. Hamburg 1931. Vol I
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Sarfert, Ernst, and Hans Damm. "Luangiua und Nukumanu." Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition, 1908–1910. Hamburg 1931
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in 1643 who named it Ontong Java; however, it was not until 1791 that Europeans set foot on the islands, when
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returned with him to Lord Howe. They sailed their vessels right into the lagoon and proceeded to preach the
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Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters: Nine South Seas Stories by America's Master of Adventure
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The first detailed research on Ontong Java's inhabitants, however, was conducted by German ethnographers
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in mid 19th century. Brown described the population as Polynesian and referred to the place as
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Geographically, Ontong Java belongs to a scattered group of three atolls which includes nearby
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It is likely that the first European sighting was by the Spanish expedition of
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first called this atoll "Oolong". Later he would write in one of his novels:
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Hogbin, H. Ian. "Transition Rites at Ontong Java." Oceania 1: 399–425. 1930
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Hogbin, H. Ian. "Transition Rites at Ontong Java." Oceania 1: 399-425. 1930
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Nobody ever comes to Lord Howe, or Ontong-Java as it is sometimes called.
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production. It also has a prolific number of sea birds, including the
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Hogbin, H. Ian. "The Social Organization of Ontong Java." London 1931
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Luangiua und Nukumanu. Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition, 1908-1910.
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in Spanish). The following verifiable sighting by Europeans was by
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in 1927. Hogbin's study of Ontong Java was published in 1934.
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The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations
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Large general cemetery, Luaniua, Ontong Java. Picture by
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Ontong Java Plateau
Untung Jawa

NASA
Ontong Java is located in Solomon Islands
Ontong Java is located in Pacific Ocean
5°16′S 159°21′E / 5.267°S 159.350°E / -5.267; 159.350
Solomon Islands
Province
Malaita
Lord Howe Island
atoll
Solomon Islands
Polynesian community
Ontong Java language
Nukumanu Atoll
Roncador Reef
Solomon Islands
Malaita Province
Santa Isabel Island
Papua New Guinea

Polynesians
Álvaro de Mendaña
Candlemas
Abel Tasman
Capt. John Hunter
beche de mer
trochus
Hong Kong

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