Alvaro de Mendaña gave this archipelago its name after discovering gold in the Mataniko River, surmising that it once supplied gold to the Levant.
Alvaro de Mendaña gave this archipelago its name after discovering gold in the Mataniko River, surmising that it once supplied gold to the Levant. It includes the islands of Santa Isabel and Choiseul and lies north of Vanuatu and south of Nauru, the island on which John F. Kennedy found refuge when commanding PT-109 in this archipelago. Geographically, this island group also contains Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Most famous as the site of the World War II battle for Guadalcanal, these are, FTP, what Melanesian islands with capital at Honiara?
Alvaro de Mendaña gave this archipelago its name after discovering gold in the Mataniko River, surmising that it once supplied gold to the Levant.
{Solomon} Islands