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The Solomon Islands were discovered in 1568 by Alvaro de Mendana, on a voyage of discovery from Peru; 200 years passed before European contact was again made with the Solomons. The southern Solomon Islands were placed under British protection in 1893; the eastern and southern outliers were added in 1898 and 1899. Santa Isabel and the other islands to the north were ceded by Germany in 1900. Full internal self-government was achieved on 2 Jan. 1976 and independence on 7 July 1978.
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Solomon Islands Hand Book 1983. Government Information Service, Honiara, 1983
Amherst, Lord, and Thompson, B., The Discovery of the Solomon Islands in 1568. London, 1967
Kent, J., The Solomon Islands. Newton Abbot, 1972
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Paxton, J. (1988). Solomon Islands. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271173_149
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