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Solomon Islands

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The Oxford Companion to World Exploration

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Current Version:
2007
Subject:
History
Length:
635 words

In November 1567, two ships sailed from Callao (in present-day Peru) under the overall command of Alvaro de Mendaña

Solomon Islands

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The Oxford Companion to World War II

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
Length:
64 words

double-chained Pacific archipelago 965 km. (600 mi.) long which was the scene of some of the severest fighting in the Pacific war

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World Encyclopedia

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Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
274 words

Melanesian archipelago and nation in the sw Pacific Ocean, se of New Guinea; the capital is Honiara (on Guadalcanal).

Solomon Islands

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

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2002
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
Length:
72 words

a group of islands in the western Pacific that were the scene of fierce fighting of combined forces starting in ...

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