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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 205 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADMIRALTY ISLANDS , a See also:group of about See also:forty islands lying See also:north of New See also:Guinea, between 1° and 3° S., and 146° and 148° E., within the See also:Bismarck See also:Archipelago, belonging to See also:Germany. The largest, Manus, is about 6o m. in length, and its highest point is about 3000 ft. above the See also:sea; the others are very small, and rise little above sea-level. Most are of See also:coral formation, but the hills of Manus are believed to be See also:extinct volcanoes. The islands were discovered by the Dutch in 1616, and visited in 1767 by See also:Philip See also:Carteret; but no landing seems to have been effected, owing to the surrounding reefs, until the arrival of the " Challenger " in 1875. The natives are of the Papuan type, but show signs of mixed origin. They are cannibals, and many murders of whites have taken See also:place.

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