Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji – home to 70% of the population (about 600,000 people) – and is the hub of the entire Fijian archipelago. It measures 146 kilometres (91 mi) long and 106 kilometres (66 mi) wide, and has an area of 10,389 square kilometres (4,011 sq mi).
According to myth, Moso's Footprint in Samoa was made when the giant Moso stepped over to Fiji from Samoa, [1] and the other footprint can be found on Viti Levu of Fiji. It is a 2m long depression in basalt. [2] The Legend of Moso's Footprint: Moso was a notorious giant-God of Samoa.
The story of Baker's death is the basis for Jack London's short story "The Whale Tooth". [7] [8]In 1983, the American malacologist Alan Solem named the genus Vatusila "after the Fijian tribe (located at the headwaters of the Sigatoka River) that killed and ate Rev. Thomas Baker, a Wesleyan missionary, on July 21, 1867."
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... Viti Levu island and the Viti Levu Group archipelago of Fiji ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Cakobau was given a $4 tinsel crown to go with his self-assumed title of Tui Viti. [26] Flag of the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Fiji, 1865–1867. With the demand for land high, the white planters started to push into the hilly interior of Viti Levu, the largest island in the archipelago. This put them into direct confrontation with ...
Bau (pronounced ) is a small island in Fiji, off the east coast of the main island of Viti Levu. Bau rose to prominence in the mid-1800s and became Fiji's dominant power; until its cession to Britain, it has maintained its influence in politics and leadership right through to modern Fiji. Due to its sacred nature, foreigners have to apply for a ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar ... The Viti Levu Group is an archipelago in Fiji consisting Viti ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The canoes sank before reaching Vanua Levu, but were bound for a spot near Nadakunimba. The Fahnestock brothers searched there and found one monolith, which fit the descriptions in the legend. It had been set originally on the side of a hill, but had fallen back against the hill and broken into several fragments.