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• History of Alaska
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• History of New Zealand
• History of Papua New GuineaFirst Arrivals Archeological evidence indicates that humans arrived on New Guinea at least 60,000 years ago, probably by sea from Southeast Asia during an iceage period when the sea was lower and distances between islands shorter. For an overview of the g
• History of the PhilippinesPrehistoric Times Main Article: Pre-colonial Philippines Various Austronesian groups settled in what is now the Philippine islands by traversing land bridges coming from Taiwan and Borneo by 200,000 BCE (late Pleistocene). The Cagayan valley of northern L
• History of SamoaThe history of Samoa began when immigrants from Southeast Asia arrived in the Samoan islands approximately 3500 years ago and from there settled the rest of Polynesia, originally to the east and then north and south. There is evidence to suggest they trav
• History of the Society Islands
• History of the Solomon IslandsEarly history The Spanish explorer Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (He was "Master of the Route. discovered the islands in 1568. Alvaro de Mendana de Neyra accompanied Sarmiento on this voyage. He wanted to take credit for the discovery and threw Sarmiento's ma
• History of Tahiti
• History of TokelauTokelau was originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups. It was made from ancient times by 3 states,each reigned by a Aliki. The states were: Atafu Rulers Toniua Foli Tongia Fafie ?-29 Feb. 1916 Tuilaka Fakaofo Rulers Letaiol
• History of TongaHumans first colonized Tonga around 1200 years before the common era, as part of the great Austronesian expansion that spread people from southeastern Asia across the Pacific to the east and across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar and eastern Africa in the
• History of Tuamotu
• History of VanuatuThe History of Vanuatu begin obscurely. The commonly held theory of Vanuatu's prehistory, from archaeological evidence, supports that peoples speaking Austronesian languages first came to the islands some 4,000 years ago. Pottery fragments have been found