LOUISIADE See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

ARCHIPELAGO  , a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, extending See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastward from the easternmost promontory of New See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea, and included in the Australian territory of Papua (See also:

• BRITISH

British New Guinea) . The islands number over eighty, and are interspersed with reefs . They are See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in tropical See also:

• FOREST

forest products, and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold has been discovered on the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, Tagula or South-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east (See also:

• AREA

area 38o sq. m.) and on Misima or St Aignan . The natives are of Papuan type, and practise See also:

• CANNIBALISM

cannibalism . The islands were probably observed by Torres in 16o6, but were named by L . A. de See also:

• BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE (1729-1811)

Bougainville in 1768 after See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XV .