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| | Kiribati History Lonely Planet World Guide |
 | | Other islands joined the gang, including Teraina, Tabuaeran, Kiritimati (or Christmas in English, where Captain James Cook ate his steamed pudding on Christmas Day), the Tokelau Group (which went to New Zealand administrators in 1925) and Banaba. |
| | The uninhabited Phoenix Islands, two of which were administered jointly with the USA, joined the list in 1937. |
| | By early 1916 the British had legitimised their land grab of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands by the all-important Order-in-Council and by getting local chiefs to sign on the dotted line. |
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