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Solomon Islands - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/vital/solomon_islands.html

Government, History, Population, Geography and Maps.

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World Travel Guide - Solomon Islands - History & Government - English
URL: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/data/slb/slb580.asp

The modern nation of the Solomon Islands is an amalgamation of two archipelagos instigated by the British in the last years of the 19th century, the high point of imperial rivalry in the Pacific between the major European powers. The northern group was first claimed by the Spanish in the 16th century, then annexed by the Germans and finally ceded to the British (in exchange for part of the Samoan island group) who administered it together with the southern group, which they already controlled, as the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

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World History Archives: History of Melanesia - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/index-h.html

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iExplore | Research - English
URL: http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Solomon Islands/History

Meanwhile, the Spanish in Peru were starting to look around for new lands. In 1597, Don Alvaro de Mendaña y Neyra took off in search of the legendary southern islands or, perhaps, continent.

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Background Notes: Solomon Islands - English
URL: http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/solomon_islands_0399_bgn.html

Background Notes

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Solomon Islands - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107975.html

Geography, History.

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History of Solomon Islands - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/solomon_islands_history.html

The European discoverer of the Solomons was the Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana Y Neyra, who set out from Peru in 1567 to seek the legendary Isles of Solomon. British mariner Philip Carteret, entered Solomon waters in 1767.

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