Let's Visit the Pacific IslandsAn introduction to some of the countless islands composing Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. |
Contents
Islanders and Outsiders | 19 |
Outsiders in Control | 31 |
Independent Fiji | 40 |
Copyright | |
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American Asia Australia Banabans became began blackbirders Bligh Bounty mutineers Britain British colony called cannibal canoe Caroline Central Medical School Christian colonial government Commonwealth Territory Cook Islands copra coral islands Corrugated iron countries eastern Ellice Islands Europeans fairly fertiliser Fiji Islands Fiji's Fijians fish French Polynesia fully independent government officers Guinea Hebrides houses hundred Independent member Indians International Date Line Islands Polynesia Japanese Kermadec Islands King Kiribati Kiribati islanders kirikiti large numbers live low islands main island mainly Marianas Marquesas Marshall Islands Mela Melanesians Mendana metres Micronesia missionaries Nauru neighbouring nesians Niué Ocean Island Pacific Islands peaceful phosphate Pitcairn plantations Polynesian polyps reef Second World settlers small islands soil Solomon Islands South America south-east Spaniards spread square kilometres square miles sugar sugar-cane Suva Tahiti Thakombau thousand Tikopia Tokelau Tonga and Samoa traditional tribes Tuvalu usually village visitor Viti Levu volcanic islands voyage Western Samoa Zealand