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The Fiji Islands were discovered by Tasman in 1643 and visited by Captain Cook in 1774. The sovereignty was ceded to Great Britain on 10 Oct., 1874.

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Books of Reference

  • Annual Report, 1952. H.M.S.O., 1953.

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  1. The Royal Historical Society, UK

    S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow)

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  1. The Royal Historical Society, UK

    S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow) (Fellow)

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© 1955 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Steinberg, S.H. (1955). Fiji. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270848_29

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