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LOUISIADE ARCHIPELAGO

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 53 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARCHIPELAGO , a See also:chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, extending See also:south-eastward from the easternmost promontory of New See also:Guinea, and included in the Australian territory of Papua (See also:British New Guinea). The islands number over eighty, and are interspersed with reefs. They are See also:rich in tropical See also:forest products, and See also:gold has been discovered on the See also:chief See also:island, Tagula or South-See also:east (See also:area 38o sq. m.) and on Misima or St Aignan. The natives are of Papuan type, and practise See also:cannibalism. The islands were probably observed by Torres in 16o6, but were named by L. A. de See also:Bougainville in 1768 after See also:Louis XV.

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