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1858 — The Cook Islands become united as a state, the Kingdom of Rarotonga. 1862 — Peruvian slave traders take a terrible toll on the islands of Penrhyn, Rakahanga and Pukapuka in 1862 and 1863. 1888 — Cook Islands are proclaimed a British protectorate and a single federal parliament is established.
History. The Cook Islands were first settled around AD 1000 [19] by Polynesian people who are thought to have migrated from Tahiti, [20] an island 1,154 kilometres (717 mi) to the northeast of the main island of Rarotonga.
4 dni temu · Spanish explorers visited several islands in the northern group in the late 1500s and early 1600s but did not stay. Capt. James Cook was the first European to call at most of the islands in the southern group, in 1773, 1774, and 1777.
Learn about the Polynesian origins, the Christian missionaries, and the political history of the Cook Islands. Discover the cultural and historical sites of Rarotonga and other islands.
31 paź 2024 · Cook Islands, self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Its 15 small atolls and islands have a total land area comparable to that of a medium-sized city, but they are spread over about 770,000 square miles (2,000,000 square km) of sea—an area nearly as large as Greenland .
28 paź 2024 · Background. Polynesians from Tahiti were probably the first people to settle Rarotonga -- the largest of the Cook Islands -- around A.D. 900. Over time, Samoans and Tongans also settled in Rarotonga, and Rarotongans voyaged to the northern Cook Islands, settling Manihiki and Rakahanga.
History. The northern Cook Islands were probably settled around 800C.E. by immigrants from Samoa and Tonga, while the southern group’s inhabitants are descended from voyagers from the Society Islands and the Marquesas. The Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña sighted the island of Pukapuka in 1595.
