Tokelau Islands
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No wonder that the Samoans and natives of the Tokelau Islands term the leather-jacket isumu moana—the sea-rat.
From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis
Background: Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Tokelau: Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
"I was thinking of sailing on a cruise among the Tokelau Islands in a day or two."
From By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Becke, Louis
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