See also:

• TUBUAI, or AUSTRAL ISLANDS

TUBUAI, or AUSTRAL ISLANDS  , an See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south Pacific Ocean, between 21° 49' and 27° 41' S., 144° 22' and 154° 51' W., to the south of the Society Islands, with a See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• AREA

area of See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito sq. m., belonging to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . They See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a curved broken See also:

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

chain from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west to south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east which includes four See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal islands: See also:

• TUBUAI, or AUSTRAL ISLANDS

Tubuai (area 40 sq. m.), Vavitao or Ravaivai, Rurutu or Oheteroa, Rapa or Oparo, and Rimitara, with Maretiri or the See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

Bass Islands, and other islets . Tubuai, Vavitao and Rapa are volcanic and reach considerable elevations (2100 ft. in Rapa) . The islands are well watered and fertile, producing coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut palms, See also:

• ARROWROOT

arrowroot and bananas; but they See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie too far south for the See also:

• BREAD

bread See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit to flourish . The natives belong to the Polynesian See also:

• RACE

race; they were once much more numerous than now, the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population not exceeding 2000 . A Tahitian See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect is spoken in the western islands; in Rapa, however, which with the Bass Islands lies detached from the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, to the south, the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is akin to that of the Rarotongans in the See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook Islands . There are remarkable See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone platforms and walls, massively built, on the summits of some of the peaks in Rapa; they resemble the terraces in See also:

• EASTER

Easter See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island (Rapanui), which is believed to have been peopled from Rapa . The scattered islands of the Tubuai archipelago were discovered at different times . See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Cook visited Rurutu in 1769 and Tubuai in 1777; Rapa was discovered by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• VANCOUVER
• VANCOUVER, GEORGE (c. 1758-1798)

Vancouver in 1791, Vavitao perhaps in 1772 by the Spaniards who attempted to colonize See also:

• TAHITI

Tahiti, and certainly by Captain See also:

• BROUGHTON, HUGH (1549-1612)
• BROUGHTON, JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON (1786-1869)

Broughton in 1791 . The islands never attracted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention from Europeans, and the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• PROTECTION

protection and subsequent See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation were carried out spasmodically between the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and 1889 .