Friday, December 12, 2014
FIJI ISLANDS- the fiji or more CURRENTLY Viti archapelego(fiji being the pronunciation in the easterrn + tongan. nearest are the samoan. blah details blah. diseases + climate. 4 pgs. hitory- '1st' seen by tasman in 1643 the southernmost turtle islands by cook in 1773, bligh visited them in 1789. cpt wilson/"duff" in 1797. in 1827 d'urriville/"astrolabe" surveyed them more accurately. the 1st by USA in 1840. up to that time, owing to evil reputation of the islanders. europeans landing limited. around 1804 some escaped convicts from australia + runaway sailors established themselves around east viti levu, + by lending their services to the neighboring chiefs, led to their pre-services over the rest. na illivan, chief , established before his death in 1829, a sort of supremacy, which extended to brother tanoa, + by tanoa's son, thakomhau blah. tongans needed wood for canoes, led by maafu made himself chief, but fighting WS demanded £9000 for injuries LAWSUIT! cushed by king geoge of tonga, who in 1855, had arriived + after some offense demanded £12,000 for is services, thakanhau converted when hopes dashed. 1854 sold 100,000 acres for $ to US. blah blah. dr seeman. debt govt
