A group of islands in the southwest central Pacific, divided into AMERICAN SAMOA and the INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA (Western Samoa). First European contact was made in 1722 by Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman. In 1768 they were named Navigators Islands by Louis de Bougainville. The present name may derive from that of a local chieftain or from a local word meaning place of the moa, a now-extinct island bird. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1061 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p481)
Ethnology -- Samoan Islands -- Exhibitions. : Picturing paradise : colonial photography of Samoa, 1875 to 1925 / with essays by Elizabeth Edwards ... [and others] ; Casey Blanton, editor
1995
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- Samoan Islands : First contacts in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : western misunderstanding about sexuality and divinity / Serge Tcherkezoff
Samoan Islands -- Foreign relations -- Europe : First contacts in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : western misunderstanding about sexuality and divinity / Serge Tcherkezoff
Mythology -- Samoan Islands. : Tala o le Vavau = the myths, legends and customs of old Samoa / adapted from the collections of C. Steubel and Bro. Herman ; illustrated by Iosua Toafa
1987
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Oral tradition -- Samoan Islands. : Samoa, lest we forget : a compilation of oral traditions & legends of Samoa = Samoa ne'i galo : Tala tu'u ma tala o le vavau a Samoa
