Manuʻa Islands
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The Manuʻa Islands, or the Manuʻa tele, in the Samoan Islands, consists of three main islands: Taʻū, Ofu and Olosega. The latter two are separated only by the shallow, 137-meter-wide Āsaga Strait, and
The Islands of Ofu and Olosega viewed from the village of Sili along the north shore of Olosega. The middle peak is Sunuʻitao on Ofu, across the narrow strait at Asaga from Olosega (foreground and mountain on left)
Ofu Beach on Ofu Island
Samoan fale in the Manu'a island group, showing thatched roof and woven pola blinds, circa 1890 - 1910.See also: Architecture of Samoa
Tripartite Convention
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The Tripartite Convention of 1899 concluded the Second Samoan Civil War, resulting in the formal partition of the Samoan archipelago into a German colony and a United States territory.
German, British, and American warships in Apia harbour, 1899
Postcard celebrating the transfer to German control