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	Marquesas Islands Guide Marquesas Islands Vacation Guides
		The Marquesas Islands are an isolated group of thirteen volcanic islands and rocks situated on the eastern edge of Polynesia between 7 and 12 degrees south of the equator, and 138 and 142 degrees west latitude.
		Archeological investigations have revealed that the Marquesas archipelago was settled from Western Polynesia sometime in the period between 500 BC and 300 BC.
		The soil of the Marquesas proved to be excellent for breadfruit and the entire economy of the culture was based on that staple, derived from large groves planted in the deep well –watered valleys.
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	Encyclopedia: Marquesas Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fatu Hiva is one of the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean.
		The Marquesas Islands suffered the greatest population decline as a result of diseases brought by European and American explorers, reducing the estimated sixteenth century population of over 100,000 inhabitants, to about 20,000 by the middle of the nineteenth century, and to just over 2,000 by the beginning of the 1900s.
		The Marquesas Islands are the furthest island group in the world from any continent, lying between 400 and 600 miles (600 and 1,000 km) south of the equator and approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) northeast of Tahiti.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Marquesas-Islands (3528 words)

	Marquesas Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marquesas Islands suffered the greatest population decline as a result of diseases brought by European and American explorers, reducing the estimated sixteenth century population of over 100,000 inhabitants, to about 20,000 by the middle of the nineteenth century, and to just over 2,000 by the beginning of the 1900s.
		The Marquesas Islands are the island group farthest from any continent in the world, lying between 400 and 600 miles (600 and 1,000 km) south of the equator and approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) northeast of Tahiti.
		With the exception of Motu One, all the islands of the Marquesas are of volcanic origen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquesas (1204 words)

	MARQUESAS TRAVEL - Discover the Wild Marquesas islands - Marquesas Vacations and Marquesas adventure
		Nuku-Hiva, the administrative and economic center of the Marquesas, lies 932 miles northeast of Tahiti, in the northern group.
		miles of land, is the smallest populated island in the Marquesas.
		And it was at Vaitahu that the French took possession of the Marquesas, establishing a garrison in 1842.
	www.tahiti-explorer.com /marquesas.html (1447 words)

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		During their exploration of Las Marquesas Mendana and his crew came into frequent conflict with the natives; by the end of their visit they had killed over 200 Marquesans, including many women and children.
		Mendana had no accurate method of determining the longitude of the Marquesas and was therefore unable to define their position on a map.
		During the latter part of the eighteenth century the Marquesas were occasionally visited by explorers, traders, and whalers in need of provisions.
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	The Marquesas Keys
		The Marquesas Keys - as defined in the science of geology - are known as an atoll.
		Just off the western shores of the Marquesas, the Spanish galleon, The Atocha, had been torn to shreds, and pulled beneath the sea in about thirty feet of water in an area known as the “the quick sands”.
		These are the fish one might encounter on a fishing experience in the Marquesas: tarpon, permit, bonefish, shark, barracuda, snook, redfish and jack crevalle.
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	Polynesia: About the Marquesas Islands
		The traditional lifestyle of the Marquesas Islanders was a mixture of practicality and mythology.
		In the Marquesas, Maui-tikitiki, the youngest, fished up various islands, obtained fire from his grandfather Mauike in the lower regions, and snared the sun with a noose of human hair to delay his passage across the sky in order that Maui's laundry might have time to dry.
		Thus the Marquesas became a center for the development and dissemination of culture in the east, corresponding to Havai'i in the center of Polynesia.
	www.janeresture.com /polynesia_marquesas (3152 words)

	The Marquesas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Marquesas Islands lie between 400 and 600 miles south of the equator and approximately 1,000 miles northeast of Tahiti.
		The climate of the Marquesas is subtropical and much affected by the prevailing winds and vagaries of seasons.
		Moisture-laden clouds carried by the southeast winds water the coasts on the south and east sides of the islands, nurturing a dense mantle of exotic vegetation.
	www.tribalsite.com /articles/marque.htm (2397 words)

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		The indigenous population of the Marquesas islands live in one of five archipelagos of French Polynesia situated about 1400 km northeast of Tahiti which is the political, economic, educational and administrative center of French Polynesia.
		Others are inclined to argue that the Marquesas and the Society islands were settled at about the same time and that both regions played a crucial role in the settlement of eastern Polynesia (Thomas 1990:7).
		In a 1996 census in French Polynesia 8064 inhabitants were counted on the Marquesas islands (Blanchard 1997) of which around five percent are not of Marquesan origin: the majority of the non-indigenous population are French ex-patriates which are either married to indigenous people or are working there for a limited period of time.
	www.mpi.nl /DOBES/WebpageDobes1/SubpagesTeams/SubpageMarquesan/Content/Community1.htm (1753 words)

	Marquesas Islands -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Marquesas Islands are a group of (A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water) islands in (A French overseas possession in the South Pacific) French Polynesia.
		The Marquesas Islands were once a major center of eastern (The islands in the eastern part of Oceania) Polynesian civilization.
		The Marquesas provided inspiration to American novelist (United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)) Herman Melville, whose experiences in the Marquesas formed the basis for his novel (Click link for more info and facts about Typee) Typee.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/marquesas_islands.htm (1405 words)

	Paradise Lost? The Magical Marquesas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Marquesas are among the most remote of the Pacific Islands; some 4850 km distant from the west coast of North America, they are further from continental areas than any other archipelago.
		The Marquesas are among the least explored of the Pacific islands, due to their steep and rugged, mountainous terrain and the scarcity of roads and trails into island interiors.
		The Marquesas Islands are a remote set of islands whose history reflects the Pacific history of settlement, plunder and environmental decline.
	www.plant-talk.org /stories/25marq.html (2485 words)

	Marquesas Islands
		The volcanic Marquesas archipelago, is made up of 9 major islands of volcanic origin without a coral reef, and of a few islets with a total surface area of 1,274 sq.
		The rugged Marquesas are the final resting place of French artist Paul Gaugain and were recently in the spotlight when they hosted the 4th installment of the CBS TV series "Survivor" in the spring of 2002.
		The largest island in the Marquesas is known for towering spire-like peaks; secluded, lush valleys; ancient religious sites; fjord-like bays; and a 1000-foot waterfalls so high that most of the falling water evaporates as it cascade down sheer volcanic cliffs, and towering mountains disappear mysteriously in the clouds.
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	Marquesas Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The islands were given their name by Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira who reached them in 1595, visiting first Fatu Hiva and then Tahuata before continuing on to the Solomon Islands.
		Motu One is a low island, comprised of two small awash on a coral reef.
		Robert Louis Stevenson visited the Marquesas in 1888, and wrote about his experiences and impressions there in 1900, in a book called In the South Seas (http://www.sharebook.co.kr/stevenson/sseas10.htm).
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Marquesas_Islands (904 words)

	Flora of the Marquesas - Overview/ Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
		The Marquesas Islands are an isolated group of 12 volcanic hot spot islands in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
		Despite its remoteness, the Marquesas Islands are less isolated than the Hawaiian Islands because of its location near the atolls of the Tuamotu Archipelago (480 km to the south) and the high islands of the Society Islands (1370 km to the southwest).
		Beyond the steep slopes rising directly from the ocean the most striking features of the archipelago are the towering peaks of Ua Pou and the long narrow ridge of Fatu Hiva, which is so narrow and eroded in some places that it has holes through it several hundred meters from the summit.
	ravenel.si.edu /botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/marquesasflora/overview.htm (390 words)

	Nuku Hiva hotel - Nuku Hiva Keikahanui Pearl Lodge - Marquesas islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To travel in the Marquesas is to discover again what time is, time for oneself and time for and with others.
		Life in the Marquesas, is walking hand in hand in the woods.
		It is a day cycling, horseback riding or walking, with long silent moments, broken by the guide suddenly telling you about his genealogy, sharing the legends learned from his ancestors, from his tribe, from his land or from a stone.
	www.pearlresorts.com /keikahanui/main.asp (318 words)

	Survivor Fever - Survivor: Marquesas
		In French Polynesia, The Marquesan Archipelago is situated in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean.
		The Marquesas are among the largest island groups of French Polynesia and were formerly a major center of east Polynesian civilization
		Culture: Marquesas is the primordial home of the tiki statues (stone statues that are believed to represent deified ancestors).
	www.survivorfever.net /index4.html (488 words)

	AllRefer.com - Marquesas Islands (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The Marquesas, famous for their rugged beauty, are fertile and mountainous, rising to 3.904 ft (1,190 m) on Hiva Oa.
		France took possession of the islands in 1842 and established a settlement on Nuku Hiva, which was abandoned in 1859.
		Of all the Polynesian peoples, the Marquesans suffered the greatest decline from the spread of European diseases; in the 1850s they numbered some 20,000, about three times the present population.
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	The Marquesas Islands - Nuku Hiva - Ua Uka - Ua Uka - Hiva Oa - Fatu Hiva
		The Marquesas Islands - Nuku Hiva - Ua Uka - Ua Uka - Hiva Oa - Fatu Hiva
		The Marquesas are a rugged and scenic chain of islands with jagged, cloud piercing mountain tops and deep verdant valleys...
		Tourism is just beginning to develop and life in the Marquesas remains very similar to the life Gauguin discovered and enjoyed a century ago.
	www.interpacyachts.com /Tahiti/marquesas.html (206 words)

	Birds of Marquesas - Air Tahiti Magazine on-board magazine of the airplane company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The presence of the ground-dove in the Marquesas was noted for the first time in 1804 by the navigator, Krusenstein on the island of Nuku Hiva from where it was to disappear during the nineteenth century.
		Of the Marquesas Islands, Ua Huka has the largest number of endemic land birds but is also one of the richest of all French Polynesia, along with Tahiti in the Society Islands.
		Ua Huka is the only inhabited island of the Marquesas that this predator of eggs and fledglings, capable of climbing the highest trees has not reached and this no doubt explains the richness of its terrestrial bird life.
	www.airtahitimagazine.com /us_version/tahiti_mag.asp?num=31&art=2 (2389 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Marquesas Islands
		Horses, pigs, sheep, cotton, and tobacco have been introduced by the missionaries.
		The islands were discovered in 1595 by Mendaña and named Marquesas after the Marquess de Mendoza, at that
		Marquesas Islands have been a Vicariate Apostolic since 15 April, 1848.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09688a.htm (486 words)

	TAHITI.COM- Islands information-Marquesas
		The Marquesas or "Fenua Enana" or "Henua Enata" (Land of Men) as the Marquesans call their islands are located about 1500 km North-East of Tahiti, near the Equator (between 7 and 10 degrees latitude South and 138 to 141 degrees longitude West).
		Among the North Marquesas islands, those inhabited are: Nuku Hiva (330 km2, administrative and economic center of the archipelago), Ua Pou(100 km2), Ua Huka(77 km2).
		Among the South Marquesas islands, those inhabited are: Hiva Oa(320 km2), Tahuata(50 km2) and Fatu Hiva (80 km2).
	tahiti.com /english-version/about-tahiti/gen-resources/marquesas.html (755 words)

	French Polynesia, Marquisas Islands, French Polynesia
		The Marquesas Islands lie 1,400kms northeast of Tahiti and comprise twelve volcanic islands, the smaller six are uninhabited, the other six are home to 7,000 people.
		The Marquesas Islands, named by its people ìTe Henau Enanaî (Land of the Men), consist of six inhabited islands and six smaller unpopulated islands.
		Nuku-Hiva, the administrative and economic center of the Marquesas, lies 932 miles northeast of Tahiti, in the northern group.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /fr_polynesia/about_destin/marquesas_isl.html (364 words)

	Marquesas Islands - Maps, Resorts on Hiva Oa and Nuka Hiva -Tahiti Tourism
		The Marquesas, or Henua Enata meaning "Land of Men", are seemingly lost at the end of the earth.
		The isolation of the Marquesas from other lands has created an immense pride among the people and a fascinating culture.
		The largest island in the Marquesas is known for towering spire-like peaks; secluded, lush valleys; ancient religious sites; fjord-like bays; and waterfalls so high that most of the falling water evaporates as it descends.
	www.gaytahiti.com /islands/marquesas/marquesas.asp (231 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Marquesas tropical moist forests (OC0108)
		Like the Hawaiian Islands, the tropical Marquesas Islands are extremely isolated and all flora and fauna present are the result of long-distance colonization and in situ evolution for thousands to millions of years.
		The Marquesas are among the most isolated archipelagos in the world and thus have a highly endemic biota.
		Translocation of Ultramarine Lories, Vini ultramarina, in the Marquesas Islands: Ua Huka to Fatu Hiva.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/oc/oc0108_full.html (1540 words)

	Tahiti’s Marquesas Islands
		Even now the Marquesas Islands are but a fond memory as we think back on the experience at home.
		While the Marquesas Islands certainly has her share of annoyances, it also offers much more with a culture and people that are found nowhere else on the earth.
		The Marquesas Islands or Henua Enata "Land of Men" are at the end of the world with only about 7000 inhabitants in all.
	www.lovetripper.com /issues/issue-50/marquesas-RC.html (624 words)

	marquesas Islands map and information page
		The stunning Marquesas Islands were originally named "Te Henua Enata" (Land of Men) by the native Polynesian people.
		Located about 930 miles northeast of Tahiti the Marquesas includes 12 islands (2 are small rock islands), and of that total, only 6 are inhabited.
		Shrouded in an almost constant cloud cover, all are wild, rugged and lush, and considered to be among the most beautiful islands on the planet.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/marqs.htm (398 words)

	Orvis Marquesas Shirt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Named for the breathtaking atoll off Key West, Marquesas poplin is constructed of high-quality single-strand, thin-diameter cotton yarn woven tightly into a thin, crisp fabric.
		Because cotton holds 15% of its weight in water, and moves that moisture naturally to the outside of the garment, cotton feels cooler on hot days and is more comfortable next to the skin.
		Field tested in the most demanding climates, we found that the tight weave of our Marquesas cotton stays cool and comfortable in all conditions—even the wilting heat of a tropical mid-afternoon sun.
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