Tuvalu
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Tuvalu is an archipelagic country in the Polynesian sub-region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands, northeast o
A Tuvaluan man in traditional attire drawn by Alfred Agate in 1841, during the United States Exploring Expedition
Woman on Funafuti (1900) Photograph by Harry Clifford Fassett
Stamps of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands with portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
A beach at Funafuti atoll
Polynesia
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Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Pol
Cook's Bay on Moorea, French Polynesia
Mokoliʻi Isle near Oahu, Hawaii
Moai at Ahu Tongariki on Rapa Nui
On February 14, 1779, Capt. James Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii.