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Pitcairn Islands

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
British colony in Polynesia, 5,300 km/3,300 mi northeast of New Zealand; area 47 sq km/18 sq mi; population (2005 est) 46. The capital is Adamstown. Products are coconuts, bananas, breadfruit, yams, pineapples, tomatoes, oranges, and pineapples; souvenirs are sold to passing ships. Geography The island group comprises Pitcairn Island (area 4.6 sq km/2.9 sq mi); the uninhabited Henderson Islands, an unspoiled coral atoll with a rare ecology, which has been a World Heritage Site since 1989; and the tiny Ducie and Oeno islands. History It was visited in 1767 by Captain Philip Carteret in his sloop Swallow , who named it Pitcairn after the midshipman who sighted it. After his return to England Carteret published an account of his voyage, and there was a copy of the book in the Bounty when it sailed from Spithead in 1787 under the command of William Bligh. The island remained uninhabited until 1790, when it was occupied by the mutineers of the Bounty , under Fletcher Christian, with some…
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Full text Article Pitcairn Islands

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
British colony in Polynesia, 5,300 km/3,300 mi northeast of New Zealand; area 47 sq km/18 sq mi; population (2005 est) 46. The capital is Adamstown. Products are coconuts, bananas, breadfruit, yams, pineapples, tomatoes, oranges, and pineapples; souvenirs are sold to passing ships. Geography The…
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Full text Article Pitcairn Islands – flag

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Pitcairn Islands – flag
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Full text Article Norfolk Island Agricultural Show

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
Norfolk, a tiny Australian island in the South Pacific, celebrates its annual Agricultural and Horticultural Show each year to showcase the best of its farm produce. The agricultural show, the most popular event in the island's social calendar, traces its roots to 1860, when the people of Pitcairn…
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Home of John Adams, sole survivor of the mutiny on the Bounty at the Pitcairn Islands, engraving by John Barrow (1764-1848), Polynesia, 18th century
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Full text Article Bligh, William

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
English sailor. He accompanied Captain James Cook on his second voyage around the world (1772–74), and in 1787 commanded HMS Bounty on an expedition to the Pacific. On the return voyage, in protest against harsh treatment, the crew mutinied. Bligh was sent to Australia as governor of New South Wales…
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Full text Article dependent territories

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Term used as a means of referring collectively to colonies, protectorates, protected states, and trust territories for which Britain remains responsible. The term ‘dependencies’ is normally used to refer to territories placed under the authority of another; for example Ascension Island and Tristan…
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Full text Article Pacific Community

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Organization to promote economic and social cooperation in the region, including dialogue between Pacific countries and those, such as France and the UK, that have dependencies in the region. It was established in February 1947. Its members include American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated…
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Full text Article Pitcairn Island

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volcanic island (2005 est. pop. 45), 2.5 sq mi (6.5 sq km), South Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago. Adamstown is the capital and only settlement. The first British Pacific Islands possession (1838), the island is officially administered by a governor (the British High Commissioner to New Zealand) …
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Full text Article Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

From Guide to the Naturalized Invasive Plants of Eastern Africa Full text Article Trees
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Myrtaceae English: plum rose, rose apple, malabar plum Tanzania: mpemba, mvengi Evergreen large shrub or small tree (7.5–12 m tall) with a short trunk (to 50 cm in diameter) and a dense crown (to 20 m diameter) of slender, wide-spreading branches. Bark: Brown, smooth but furrowed. Leaves: Pinkish…
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