Solomon Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea...capital territory. History A Spanish explorer...in 1893; the eastern islands were added to it in...Germany transferred its islands (except Bougainville...1943 44). The Solomon Islands became self-governing...Guadalcanal in 1999, as island natives fought with...