Today, Hawaii is the only true island state in the United States. Its distant location in the Pacific Ocean often makes it a relative mystery to …
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The History and Culture of the South Pacific
Featuring some of the most remote countries on earth, paradise-like Pacific islands have a fascinating history and culture.
Shrunken heads fascinated the western pallet for hundreds of years, ever since the first encounter with the cultural phenomenon in South America. …
The creation myths told by Polynesian people are connected in many ways through their shared links to Austronesian ancestors. However, over the last …
The Polynesian gods and goddesses are reflections of their Oceanic environment and culture. Here are 10 of the best-known.
World War II began in 1939 when Nazi Germany, under the command of Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland on the 31st of August. Under the global alliance …
Before trying to answer the question of Austronesian influence outside of the Pacific, let’s have a look at who the Austronesians were. No living …
The Graveyard of the Pacific is a stretch of coast that has claimed countless lives and led to numerous shipwrecks in the past two centuries of …
