Islands of Tuamotu: Nukutavake, Makatea, Disappointment Islands, Tepoto, King George Islands, Tikei, Duke of Gloucester Islands, Acteon Group - Tapa blanda

Chapters: Nukutavake, Makatea, Disappointment Islands, Tepoto, King George Islands, Tikei, Duke of Gloucester Islands, Acteon Group, Raeffsky Islands, Palliser Islands, Two Groups Islands. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nukutavake - The first recorded European who arrived to Nukutavake was Englishman Samuel Wallis in 1767. He named it "Queen Charlotte Island" (Reine Charlotte). Wallis observed that the island was inhabited and well-stocked with coconut trees. But Captain Frederick Beechey, who visited Nukutavake in 1826, found it with no population and without the trees. Geographically this island is part of the East-central subgroup of the Tuamotus, which includes Ahunui, Amanu, Fangatau, Hao and Nukutavake. The commune of Nukutavake includes four other islands apart from Nukutavake itself: There is an airfield on the island, Nukutavake Airport, inaugurated in 1981: (IATA: NUK, ICAO: NTGW). ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11380670