Fiji
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates:
Lat: 18 00 00 S degrees minutes Lat: -18.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 178 00 00 E degrees minutes Long: 178.0000 decimal degreesNote: Comprises over 800 islands; area was settled by Austronesian-speaking people in 2nd millennium BCE; development of pottery by 1300 BCE; sighted by Dutch Tasman 1643, visited by British in 18th century; was haven for escaped convicts from Australia by 1804; official language is English, though most speak Bauan or Hindustani.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fiji Islands, map, 1927-05
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Identifier: 2020.5.47
Overview
Fiji Islands, inter-island service routes map by E.W. Simm, May 1927. Courtesy Fiji Visitors Bureau.
Dates:
1927-05
Viti Levu, map, 1947
Item
Identifier: 2020.5.50
Overview
Viti Levu, Fiji map. Courtesy Fiji Visitors Bureau.
Dates:
1947
What to See at the Fiji Museum, flier, undated
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Identifier: 2020.5.51
Overview
"What to See at the Fiji Museum" flier. Flier highlights relics from The Mutiny of the Bounty, a Fijian village, Fijian double canoes, Fijian arts and crafts, carved figures and gods, decorated skulls, and shell carvings and money.
Dates:
undated