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Vanuatu (English: / ˌ v ɑː n u ˈ ɑː t uː / ⓘ VAH-noo-AH-too or / v æ n ˈ w ɑː t uː / van-WAH-too; Bislama and French pronunciation), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (French: République de Vanuatu; Bislama: Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean.
Map of the New Hebrides, 1905 The Joint Court in 1914. New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium (French: Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides) and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu.
James Cook landing at Tanna island, c. 1774. The Vanuatu group of islands first had contact with Europeans in 1606, when the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, sailing for the Spanish Crown, arrived on the largest island and called the group of islands La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo or "The Southern Land of the Holy Spirit", believing he had arrived in Terra Australis or Australia.
Map of Vanuatu. Vanuatu (formerly called the New Hebrides) is a nation and group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.It is composed of over 80 islands with 2,528 kilometres (1,571 mi) of coastline and a total surface area of 12,189 square kilometres (4,706 sq mi).
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
John Geddie (10 April 1815 – 14 December 1872) was a Scots-Canadian missionary who was known as "the father of Presbyterian missions in the South Seas." [1] He pioneered missionary work in the New Hebrides islands, now known as Vanuatu. [1]
Just off the northeastern coast of Malakula, there is a group of islands called the Small Islands, including, in order from north to south: Vao, Atchin, Wala, Rano, Norsup, Uripiv, and Uri. Also off the coast: Tomman Island to the southwest; Akhamb Island to the south; and the Maskelynes Islands to the southeast (including Sakao Island and Uluveo).
John Frum (also called Jon Frum, [1] John Brum, [2] and John Prum [3]) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides).He is often depicted as an American World War II serviceman who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him.