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[11] [12] Candlenut were widely introduced into the Pacific Islands by early Austronesian voyagers and became naturalized to high volcanic islands. [13] [14] [15] Women preparing candlenut torches for the Baha Liurai festival in Babulo, Timor-Leste. Candlenut has a very wide range of uses and every part of the tree can be harvested.
A short-lived Spanish settlement was created in 1774, [7] and for a time some maps bore the name Isla de Amat after Viceroy Amat. [11] Christian missions began with Spanish priests who stayed in Tahiti for a year. Protestants from the London Missionary Society settled permanently in Polynesia in 1797. Society Island kingdoms