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	Marquesas Islands
		Fatu Hiva, sometimes Fatu Iva (formerly Isla Magdalena in Spanish) is the southernmost of the Marquesas Islands.
		The French name for the passage is Canal du Bordelais.
		Hana Vave is the name of the northernmost bay on the west coast of Fatu Hiva.
	www.shortopedia.com /M/A/Marquesas_Islands (1013 words)

	Marquesas - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		the centre of each island is a ridge of mountains, attaining an altitude of 4042 ft. in Huapu, whence rugged spurs forming deep valleys stretch towards the sea.
		During the greater part of the year moderate easterly trade-winds prevail, and at the larger islands there are often both land and sea breezes.
		The north-western islands were first sighted by the American Captain Ingraham in 1791, and given the name of Washington by him; the French Captain Marchand followed in the same year, and Lieut.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Marquesas (725 words)

	Prints Old & Rare - Pacific Islands page
		Islands controlled by Germany are colored yellow, and those controlled by the US are red.
		Name of each island group in the Pacific is highlighted in bright color.
		Insets of New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, and the Eastern Portion of Polynesia.
	www.printsoldandrare.com /pacificislands/index.html (909 words)

	Polynesia: About the Marquesas Islands
		The inhabited islands of the southern group are Fatu Hiva, Tahuata, and Hiva Oa; those of the northern group are 'Uapou, Nuku Hiva, and Uahuka.
		A number of smaller islands were inhabited until western man arrived with the host of deadly microbes that seem to accompany him wherever he goes.
		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/index.htm (3152 words)

	Hawaiian Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		The names of the major deities in this group show their origins in the southern Polynesian islands.
		In addition to Pele, Laka was associated with the forest, Kihawahine was an influential water spirit, and Haumea was worshipped as the deity of the fertile and prolific earth.
		This most northern groups of the Polynesian islands was probably settled between 1000-1200 Common Era from the Marquesas or Society Islands some 4-5000 kilometres to the south.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/poly/hawai.html (447 words)

	Marquesas Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		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.
		The Marquesas Islands were once a major center of eastern Polynesian civilization.
		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.
	marquesas-islands.iqnaut.net (895 words)

	American Polynesia and the Hawaiian Chain
		The atolls and coral islands of the central Pacific are thought to be caps of reef rock upon the summits of volcanic mountains.
		The five northern Phoenix islands (Phoenix, Enderbury, Birnie, Canton and McKean) together with Baker, Howland, Jarvis, and Malden, are dry islands with an average rainfall probably not exceeding 25 inches a year.
		The central Pacific islands north of the equator lie in the path of the northern equatorial current, which sweeps across the Pacific from east to west, and are crossed by trade winds from the northeast.
	www.janeresture.com /polynesia_american/index.htm (4712 words)

	Matthew's Stuff : Remote Islands of the South Pacific (Part 3)
		Ducie Island was discovered on 16th March 1791 by the notorious Captain Edward Edwards of HMS Pandora while on his way to Tahiti in search of the Bounty mutineers.
		The landscape of the island was remarkably different to that of Ducie, with high cliffs of limestone dotted with pandanas and coconut palms in amongst the lower lying shrubs.
		The Australs are comprised of five inhabited islands - Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai, Raivavae and Rapa - flanked by two uninhabited atolls - Marie (Hull) Island to the west and Marotiri (Bass) Island to the east.
	matthew.mumford.com /Remote-Islands-Expedition-Log-3.htm (3769 words)

	Marquesas
		The Marquesas Islands are a group of 12 ancient volcanoes, which are divided into two distinct groups.
		The northern group comprises three inhabited islands and four uninhabited islands; the southern group 5 islands, two of which are uninhabited.
		The Marquesas are a small group of islands having a total surface area of 1300km2 (492 sq miles), which is less than the total area of Tahiti.
	www.ms-starship.com /sciencenew/marquesas.htm (2284 words)

	French Polynesia Subdivisions
		Leeward Islands extends from Bellinghausen Island and the Îles Scilly in the west to Raiatea and Huahine in the east.
		Marquesas Islands extends from Eiao and Hatutu in the northwest to Fatu Hiva in the southeast.
		Marquesas Islands: named by Alvaro de Mendana de Neyra in honor of his uncle, Marquis Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of Peru.
	www.statoids.com /upf.html (760 words)

	Marquesas Islands - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Marquesas Islands (French Îles Marquises), island group, French Polynesia (an overseas territory of France), in the southern Pacific Ocean.
		1956: Pacific Islands : FRENCH COLONIES IN THE PACIFIC : The Marquesas.
		The Pacific islands include the thousands of islands that are generally grouped under the names Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
	encarta.msn.com /Marquesas_Islands.html (127 words)

	Pacific Islands to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
		A voyage of five ships from Mexico in 1542 named the islands after Prince Philip, and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi led the first permanent Spanish settlements of 1565 that were extended to the islands of Cebu, Leyte, Pany, Mindoro, and the plain of Luzon before his death in 1572.
		Spain's queen Mariana sponsored the missionaries sent to the islands that were named the Marianas after her and became part of the Philippines in 1669.
		By mid-century 37% of the arable land on the island was cultivated.
	www.san.beck.org /2-13-PacificIslands.html (23410 words)

	Tonga on the 'NET - Pacific Lore - 'Te Fenua Enata', the Land of Men
		The islands that they named: Magdalena, San Pedro, Dominica and Santa Cristina already had names before the Spanish came and those names remain, that is: Fatu Iva, Mohotani, Hiva Oa and Tahuata.
		The only name that the Spanish left which persists is the name of the whole island group: the Marquesas Islands.
		If we did we could do something like recite their names once a year or build a monument so that the spirits of these people will know that they are not forgotten.
	www.tongatapu.net.to /lore/marquesas/marquesas001.htm (838 words)

	Marquesas Islands names - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name "Islas de la Marquesa de Mendoza" was given them by the first European visitor, the Spanish explorer and navigator, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, in honor of the wife of the Viceroy of Perú, upon his discovery thereof, in 1595.
		The islands are divided roughly into two groups, along geographical, linguistic, and cultural lines, into the Northern Marquesas and Southern Marquesas, each comprising an approximately equal number of islands and shoals.
		While there is no native Marquesan name to differentiate between the northern and southern groups, they have been differentiated as such, at least by American navigators, historically, by the names "Washington Islands" to refer to the northern Marquesas, and "Mendaña Islands" to refer to the southern Marquesas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquesas_Islands_names (255 words)

	The Islands of Tonga
		The approximately 170 islands in the Kingdom of Tonga are divided among three groups: Tongatapu, which derives its name from the main island where the capital of Nukualofa is located; Ha'apai, a series of smaller islands to the north of Tongatapu; and Vava'u, the northernmost islands.
		Roughly 60% of the population lives on the main island of Tongatapu, which means "sacred Tonga." In addition, there are significant communities of Tongans living in American Samoa, Hawaii, California and Utah; and also in New Zealand and Australia.
		Because there was a famine in the land and there was nothing for the king and his men to eat, Kava suggested to her parents that they kill and bake her for the king and his party.
	www.polynesia.com /islands/tonga2.html (3313 words)

	History, in english
		The islands were discovered by the Spanish in 1595 and named Las Marquesas de Mendoza.
		Wild and lonely islands with names like Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka and Hiva Oa are besieged by the ocean and whipped by the wind.
		The most often asked question is, "Where are these islands?" A map at the village entrance pinpoints their location in the Pacific, as part of the great Polynesian Triangle.
	www.alptuna.com /public/marquesas/HISTOGB.htm (630 words)

	Marquesas Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marquesas Islands temporarily received an international spotlight in the United States when the reality TV show Survivor: Marquesas was filmed on Nuku Hiva.
		Clipperton Island · French Guiana · French Polynesia · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Mayotte · New Caledonia · Réunion · Saint-Pierre and Miquelon · Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean · Wallis and Futuna
		Anguilla · Ascension Island · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Falkland Islands · Montserrat · Saint Helena · Tristan da Cunha · Turks and Caicos Islands · British Indian Ocean Territory · Pitcairn Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquesas_Islands (1078 words)

	Marquesas Islands — Infoplease.com
		Atuona - Atuona or Atuana, town, in the Marquesas Islands, South Pacific, in French Polynesia.
		Prehistoric settlement at Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands: preliminary observations.
		The fishermen of Anapua Rock Shelter, Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0831928.html (412 words)

	Take Cargo Ships to Remote Pacific Islands
		The 69 islands of this group of jewel-like atolls lie to the east of Tahiti and cover an immense patch of the ocean.
		The 2,100 “tiny islands” of the Pacific, mostly north of the Equator, are scattered over three million square miles of the sea between Hawaii and the Philippines and make up four new countries: The Republic of the Marshalls, The Federated States of Micronesia.
		The Republic of Palau, and The Northern Marianas Islands.
	www.transitionsabroad.com /publications/magazine/0107/feature.shtml (1938 words)

	The Islands of Aotearoa
		New Zealand consists of two main islands — North Island, with its capital at Wellington, and Auckland as major urban centers; and South Island — as well as several other smaller island groups, such as the Chathams and Kermadecs.
		Maori is a major Polynesian language, and as such, is similar to Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, and other island languages, with which it shares many words that are identical or similar in sound and meanings.
		However, when the king died before the canoe was finished, work ceased and it was abandoned in a field until 1962, at which time tribal elders agreed it should be completed and sent to Laie, Hawaii, in time for the Polynesian Cultural Center’s opening in 1963.
	www.polynesia.com /islands/newzealand2.html (2966 words)

	Society Islands map and information page by World Atlas
		The Society Islands, considered "Paradise on Earth" by savvy travelers, were explored by Captains Cook and Bligh, but they were made truly famous by the paintings of the artist, Paul Gauguin, and by the words of author, James A. Michener.
		Divided into the Windward Islands (Iles du Vent), and the Leeward Islands (Iles Sous le Vent) they were given their stylish name by Captain James Cook in 1769, when he named them after England's Royal Society- and Royal islands they certainly are.
		Cooling trade winds buffet the islands throughout the year, and the months of June, July, August and October are widely considered to be ideal times to visit.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/society.htm (410 words)

	Survivor Cook Islands - Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		An "official" map from the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation shows the areas of Aitutaki lagoon that are to be closed to lagoon tours due to Survivor filming, along with the expected dates of the tour disruptions.
		One Foot island will definitely NOT be a tribal island, but will probably be a challenge area, reward getaway and must be closed because it is within viewing distance of the 2 islands (Rapota/Moturakau) nearby thought to be the tribal islands.
		Previous Survivor series were filmed in Palau, the Marquesas, and Vanuatu, and television scouts have been sighted recently snooping around the uninhabited islets on the southeast side of the atoll.
	www.survivorfever.net /s13_links.html (1704 words)

	Oceanic Islands
		My concept of "Oceanic Islands Realm" are those islands so far from the continents that they have developed their own own distinctive avifauna.
		The vast majority of these islands are tropical, and the most prominent from the perspective of unique birds are Madagascar, New Zealand, and New Caledonia.
		To me, these threatened islands are very special places, deserving of attention in their own right.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/islands.html (2299 words)

	Aka's Voyage for Red Feathers (Marquesas Islands)
		The island was really uninhabited, but the boys did not want Aka to land where the birds were, because the birds were tapu to them.
		The father then explained that in Aotona, the voyagers would find the birds Matakia and Vaefati, who were his inoa (“name friends; those with whom one has exchanged names, so that each has claim to the wife and property of the other).
		The first island they saw was Mohutane (a small island south of Hiva Oa).
	www2.hawaii.edu /~dennisk/voyagingchiefs/aka.html (1576 words)

	Islands of the South Pacific
		Those distant islands, the object of our Master's love and tender care, occupy a warm and abiding place in our hearts, and their very names evoke within us so high a sense of hope and admiration that the passing of time and vicissitudes of life can never weaken or remove.
		These three Assemblies, the seats of which are to be located in Japan, in Indonesia and in the Dominion of New Zealand, are destined to function in regions where the yellow, the brown and white races predominate, and in which the majority of the inhabitants belong either to the Buddhist, the Muslim or Christian Faiths.
		Wherever an opportunity opens for expansion of the work in one of the Islands, he feels that opportunity should be seized and exploited to the fullest extent.
	bahai-library.com /compilations/islands.southpacific.html (2735 words)

	Great families of Polynesia: inter-island links and marriage patterns Journal of Pacific History, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		For present purposes, families are genealogical groupings taking their name or designation from an apical ancestor or founder.
		What is also clear is that the people thought of themselves in tribal or clan terms united by a common homeland, a common cult and, in some islands and districts, a common canoe tradition.
		The persistance of the same homeland names such as Hawaiki and Vavau and their variants, and the same tribal names such as Tongafiti, Manahune, and others also testify to the interconnectedness of the Islands though the picture is often of separate peoples moving in harmonious but different ways.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2375/is_n2_v32/ai_20554487 (485 words)

	Lidded bowl (kotue or kipo) [Marquesas Islands] (1986.476.4a,b) \| Object Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Among the most elegant works from the Marquesas Islands are the bird-shaped bowls known as kotue or kipo.
		Only about a dozen examples survive, all of which exhibit the same unusual imagery with a small human head adorning a lidded bowl whose gracefully curving form suggests the body and tail of a bird.
		The use of kotue was first noted by Europeans in the late eighteenth century and examples were acquired from locations throughout the archipelago, suggesting that the form was widespread.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ho/10/ocp/hod_1986.476.4a,b.htm (214 words)

	Astronomy to the early Hawaiians
		The demi-god Maui, especially, was known for such astronomical deeds as snaring the Sun to slow its passage across the sky (1), or of fashioning a magical fishhook (recognized in Western astronomy as the stinger in Scorpio) to fish up the Hawaiian Islands out of the deep ocean.
		In a more practical vein, the early Polynesians were highly skilled sailors and navigators who sailed thousands of miles over open ocean between the Society Islands, the Marquesas, Easter Island in the east, the Hawaiian Islands in the north, and New Zealand in the southwest.
		Navigation was accomplished primarily, we believe, by a thorough knowledge of the stars, their rising and setting points along the horizon and their meridian passage as a function of latitude.
	www.ifa.hawaii.edu /users/steiger/early_hawaiians.htm (429 words)

	Pacifica / Oceania
		Mitchell's maps are some of the more attractive maps from this period, this map is enhanced with a decorative "garland" of flowers which provides a handsome border, making this an especially attractive map.
		A map of the Vavaoi island group, Hapai island group and the Tongatabu group of islands.
		The island of Tongatabu is also shown in an inset map.
	www.heritageantiquemaps.com /Australiasia/pacific.htm (473 words)

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