History of Tuvalu
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The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians, so the origins of the people of Tuvalu can be traced to the spread of humans out of Southeast Asia, from Taiwan, via Melanesia and across the Pacific
Woman on Funafuti, Harry Clifford Fassett (1900)
Polynesia is the largest of three major cultural areas in the Pacific Ocean. Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the Polynesian triangle.
Tuvaluan man in traditional costume drawn by Alfred Agate in 1841 during the United States Exploring Expedition
View of Fenua Tapu, Nui atoll
Funafuti
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Funafuti is an atoll, comprising numerous islets, that is the capital of Tuvalu. As of the 2017 census, it has a population of 6,320 people. More people live in Funafuti than the rest of Tuvalu combin
History of Tuvalu
…islands of Polynesia. Various names were given to individual islands by the captains and chartmakers on visiting European ships. In 1819 the island of Funafuti, was named Ellice Island; the name Ellice Islands was later applied to all nine islands, after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay…
Funafuti airport Fiji Airways
Fetu Ao Lima, Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu
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Tuvalu Meteorology Service