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A MAP OF THE SOUTH SEA
ISLANDS
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Group.
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Nationality to which
these
Islands belong.
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Date of Acquisition
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Fiji Islands.
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British.
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1874
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Solomon
Islands.
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British and German.
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1886
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Cook or Hervey Islands.
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British.
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1888
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Gilbert Islands.
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British.
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1892
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Ellice Islands.
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British.
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1892
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Phoenix Islands.
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British.
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1889
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Tokelau or Union Islands
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British.
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1889
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Manihiki.
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British.
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1889
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New Hebrides.
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Native. Regulated by a
mixed commission of
British and French
naval officers.
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1887
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Society Islands.
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French.
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1887
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Marquesas Islands.
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French.
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1842
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Paumotu Islands.
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French.
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1842
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Loyalty Islands.
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French.
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1864
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New Caledonia.
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French.
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1853
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Marshall Islands.
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German.
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1886
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Sandwich Islands.
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Independent.
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Republic proclaimed
July, 1894.
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Samoa.
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Independent. Subject
to joint British, Ger-
man, and American
control.
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Berlin Samoan Conference, 1889.
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Tonga or Friendly
Islands.
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Independent.
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