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Title: Handbook to the ethnographical collections
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945
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Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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and of Uvea. New HebeidesThe following are theprincipal islands of theNew Hebrides, readingfrom north to south:Espiritu Santo, Aurora(Maiwo), Aoba, Pente-cost (Aragh), Malekula,Ambrym, Api, Vate,Eromanga, Tanna, Fu-tuna, and Aneiteum.The northern portionof the group was dis-covered by Quiros, thegreater part of thesouthern by Cook, whogave the name NewHebrides to the wholechain in 1773. Poly-nesian settlements arefound in this group also. Banks IslandsThis group consistsof the following islands:Vanua Lava, Gaua,Mota, Valua, and a fewsmaller islets; thegroup, which was dis-covered by Quiros, andwas annexed l)y GreatBritain in 1898, proper-ly includes the smallergroup called TorresIslands. Santa Chuz IslandsThese islands, SantaCruz, Utupua, Vani-koro, Tukopia, andothers, were discovered by Mendana in 1595, and again by Carteretin 17(j7, who called Santa Cruz Egniont Island , they wereannexed by Great Britain in 1898. Fui. 121.-Double adze with shell blades.Aiubi-ym Island, Now Hebrides.
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Fig, 122. - Wooden clubs from the Solomon Islands, a. Malaita.Cristoval. c. Ysabel. d. Florida, e. Malaita. h. San THE PAPUASIANS 143 Solomon IslandsThis group was discoveredby Mendana in 1567, but hasnot even yet been completelyexplored ; the chief islands,reading from east to west, areSan Cristoval, Ulana, Malaita,Guadalcanar, Florida, NewGeorgia (Rubiana), Vella La-vella, Ysabel, Choiseul, Short-land, Bougainville, and Bouka.The two islands last namedbelong to German), the othersto Great Britain. Geographi-cally belonging to this groupare Leueneua (Lord HoweIsland or Ontong Java) andRennell Island, both of whichare peopled by Polynesians. New Britain, New Ireland,AND New HanoverNew Britain was discoveredby Dampier, and New Irelandby Lemaire and Schouten ; itwas left for Carteret to dis-cover that they were sejsarateislands and to name them ; thesame navigator discovered NewHanover. The inhabitants ofthe south-west portion of NewBiitain differ from those of theGazelle peninsula, who

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