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