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Possibly ( as Benson suggests ) ? the first of these links up with the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia . The long festoon isles of New Britain and New Ireland seem to be united in one fold on the west with the coast ranges , and on ...
Possibly ( as Benson suggests ) ? the first of these links up with the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia . The long festoon isles of New Britain and New Ireland seem to be united in one fold on the west with the coast ranges , and on ...
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He then passed northward by way of Timor to the western end of New Guinea . He traversed the northern coast until he reached the present Bismarck Archipelago . Its largest unit , New Britain ( so named by Dampier ) , had been vaguely ...
He then passed northward by way of Timor to the western end of New Guinea . He traversed the northern coast until he reached the present Bismarck Archipelago . Its largest unit , New Britain ( so named by Dampier ) , had been vaguely ...
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Australians had investments in Fiji , and when in 1874 Great Britain at length annexed the islands and appointed a High Commissioner of the Western Pacific , 3 several colonies offered to pay a small contribution .
Australians had investments in Fiji , and when in 1874 Great Britain at length annexed the islands and appointed a High Commissioner of the Western Pacific , 3 several colonies offered to pay a small contribution .
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