The Samoan Islands are an archipelago covering 3,030 km2 in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of
German, British and American warships in Apia harbour, 1899
Young man dressed as a manaia, the son of a Samoan chief (matai), c. 1890–1910. (photo by Thomas Andrew)