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Disappointment Islands

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62: 398: 389: 914: 1018: 69: 92: 1059: 61: 1083: 1088: 82: 246:. He named Napuka and Tepoto "Disappointment Islands" because he found the natives to be hostile toward him. The islands were also visited by the 28: 1052: 361: 247: 1045: 397: 388: 1078: 913: 326: 938: 290: 696: 634: 278: 339: 510: 354: 231:) because his sailors could not find a water source there from which to replenish, while en route to the 20: 208:
The western Disappointment Islands, Tepoto and Napuka, were colonized by voyagers from the neighboring
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The Disappointment Islands are sparsely populated. The inhabitants are overwhelmingly native
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The Disappointment Islands are located towards the northeastern expanses of the Tuamotus.
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only took place again two centuries later, in 1765, with British explorer
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Photo satellite des Îles du Désappointement (Archipel des Tuamotu)
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These islands are arid, and are not especially conducive to
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Location of the Disappointment Islands in the Pacific Ocean
1033: 921: 405: 212:, but Puka-Puka was colonized by settlers from the 223:in his 1520 expedition to the Philippines and the 200:of Napuka, while Puka-Puka has its own commune. 126:The Disappointment Islands are a small group of 216:, several hundred kilometres to the northeast. 168:, the population of the islands is as follows: 196:Administratively Tepoto Island belongs to the 68: 1053: 355: 8: 227:. He called them the "Unfortunate Islands" ( 219:The first European to see these islands was 19:For the island in the Auckland Islands, see 1060: 1046: 409: 362: 348: 340: 327:A Journey to the Disappointment Islands 271: 7: 1014: 1012: 1084:Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean 1032:. 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Disappointment Island
14°10′S 141°16′W / 14.167°S 141.267°W / -14.167; -141.267
Disappointment Islands is located in Pacific Ocean
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French
Tuamotu Archipelago
French Polynesia
Tuamotu
coral
islands
Tepoto
Napuka
Puka-Puka
human habitation
Polynesians
census
Tepoto
Napuka
Puka-Puka
commune
Tuamotus
Marquesas Islands
Ferdinand Magellan
Spice Islands
Philippine Islands
Napuka Atoll
John Byron
United States Exploring Expedition
French Polynesia

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