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GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 11 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS , an extensive archipelago belonging to Great Britain in the mid-western Pacific Ocean, lying N. and S. of the
equator
 , and between 1700 and 18o E. There are sixteen islands, all coral reefs or atolls, extending in
crescent
  form over about five degrees of
latitude
 . The principal is Taputenea or Drummond Island. The soil, mostly of coral sand, is productive of little else than the coco-nut palm, and the
chief
  source of food
supply
  is the sea. The population of these islands presents a remarkable phenomenon; in spite of adverse conditions of environment and complete barbarism it is exceedingly dense, in strong contradistinction to that of many other more favoured islands. The land area of the group is only 166 m., yet the population is about 30,000. The Gilbert islanders are a dark and coarse type of the Polynesian race, and show signs of much crossing. They are tall and stout, with an average height of 5 ft. 8 in., and are of a vigorous, energetic temperament. They are nearly always naked, but
wear
  a conical hat of pandanus leaf. In war they have an armour of plaited coco-nut fibres. They are fierce fighters, their
chief
  weapon being a sword armed with sharks' teeth. Their canoes are well made of coco-nut
wood
  boards sewn neatly together and fastened on frames. British and American missionary
work
  has been prosecuted with some success. The large population led to the introduction of natives from these islands into
Hawaii
  as labourers in 1878-1884, but they were not found satisfactory. The islands were discovered by John Byron in 1765 (one of them bearing his name); Captains Gilbert and Marshall visited them in 1788; and they were annexed by Great Britain in 1892.


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