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History of The Marquesas
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From the http://www.VideoSource.com Global Village Travel Guide and DVD, Islands of the South Pacific . Stock footage available from http://videosource.com/search.html • Transcript: • The Marquesas receive few visitors. • Large airplanes can't land here and there are no hotels. • Though the early inhabitants were a warrior • culture practicing cannibalism, • Captain Cook found these islands hospitable • when he visited during his second voyage in 1774. • In 1842, when the French annexed the Marquesas • the population was estimated to have • been 60,000. By 1926 the ravages of European • diseases, tribal warfare, and a collapsing culture • had reduced the population to less than 2,500 people! • Although the population has now • grown to about 7,000 again, there is an eerie sense • on these islands that a vanished people • still haunt their former homes. • These geologically young islands have no reef and • no surrounding flatlands. Each island is sharpl y divided • by steep ridges, • formidable barriers to travel and communication. • Nuku Hiva, the largest island in the group, • has a population of 2, 400.
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