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LOUISIADE ARCHIPELAGO

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 53 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOUISIADE

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ARCHIPELAGO  , a
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chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, extending
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south-eastward from the easternmost promontory of New
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Guinea, and included in the Australian territory of Papua (
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British New Guinea) . The islands number over eighty, and are interspersed with reefs . They are
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rich in tropical
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forest products, and
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gold has been discovered on the
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chief
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island, Tagula or South-
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east (
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area 38o sq. m.) and on Misima or St Aignan . The natives are of Papuan type, and practise
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cannibalism . The islands were probably observed by Torres in 16o6, but were named by L . A. de
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Bougainville in 1768 after
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Louis XV .

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