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Santa Cruz Islands (island group)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Round houses of natives at Timotu, Santa Cruz (mentioned by the Spaniards in the 16th century), 1892

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/25
Scope and Contents

202 x 145 mm. A view showing the round palm-thatch houses, with people standing outside. A photograph taken at Graciosa Bay, where the Spaniards under Mendana attempted to found a colony in 1597.

Dates: 1892
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