Elementary geography of the Samoan Islands and Tokelau

by Fred Henry

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Published 1939 by Dept. of Education in Tutuila, American Samoa .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Tokelau -- Geography,
• Samoan Islands -- Geography,
• Tokelau -- History.,
• Samoan Islands -- History.

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Edition Notes

Other titles	Geography of the Samoan Islands and Tokelau
Statement	by Brother Fred Henry.
The Physical Object
Pagination	52 p.
Number of Pages	52
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL19294114M

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American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States consisting of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago, located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. The capital, Pago Pago, was a strategic naval base for the U.S. military (–51) but now serves as a commercial port of call. This book is quite factual and follows along well between Kramer's orignal text and Verhaaren's translation. It is a book that today determines geneology lines within the tribes of Samoa leading back to the original King. It is utilized in Samoan Lands and Titles court hearings to settle disputes of titles and ownership of family lands.5/5(1).

The story of the islands and their people, from Ratu the ancient mariner, leading his people on a voyage of discovery, to the missionary Evan Surrey and his Samoan wife Nuanua, who overcome the deep seated prejudices of the Christian church to change the course of the religious and political histories of Samoa in the mid nineteenth century/5(29). Samoa (n.). 1. a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop 2. a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific 3. A group of islands in the southwest central Pacific, divided into AMERICAN SAMOA and the INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA Capital and largest city: Apia, 13°50′S °45′W . Samoa (/ s ə ˈ m oʊ ə /), officially the Independent State of Samoa (Samoan: Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa; Samoan: Sāmoa, IPA:) and, until 4 July , known as Western Samoa, is a country consisting of two main islands, Savai'i and Upolu, and four smaller islands (Manono, Apolima, Fanuatapu, and Namua).The capital city is Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Capital and largest city: Apia, 13°50′S °45′W .

Samoa consists of the islands of Savai'i and Upolu and several smaller islands, of which only Manono and Apolima are inhabited. The country, situated almost centrally both in the Pacific Ocean and among the South Sea islands, has a total land area of 2, sq km (1, sq mi), extending km (93 mi) ese – wnw and 39 km (24 mi) nne – ssw. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until , when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in In the late s, Samoa began making efforts to more closely align with Australia and New. Contact with Europeans began in the early 18th century. Jacob Roggeveen (–), a Dutchman, was the first known European to sight the Samoan islands in This visit was followed by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (–), who named them the Navigator Islands in Contact was limited before the s which is when English Ethnic groups (): % Samoans, .