The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64

Central Polynesia

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Central Polynesia.

Name of Group.	No. of Island.	Formation	By whom Discovered.	Area Sanare Miles.	Name of Mission	Native Population.
Phœnix	8	Coral	Cook, 1773.
Ellice				L. M. S.	2,000
Tokelau, or Union		Coral				500
Navigator, or Samoa (1871)	10	Volcanic	Roggewein, 1722; Bougainville, 1768	1,650	L. M. S. Wesleyan M. S.	35,000
Friendly Islands, or Tonga	100	Volcanic and Coral	Tasman, 1643		L. M. S. 1797 Wes. M. S. 1831	30,000
Fiji (1878)	200	Volcanic	Tasman, 1643	7,404	Wes. M. S. 1835	140,500

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