About: Tuvalu (1983: Doomsday)

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Tuvalu is thought to have been visited by Tongans in the mid-13th century, although it is uncertain whether they settled permanently. It was, however, within Tonga's sphere of influence, and there were regular contacts between the two island groups.

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rdf:type	Country
rdfs:label	Tuvalu (1983: Doomsday)
rdfs:comment	Tuvalu is thought to have been visited by Tongans in the mid-13th century, although it is uncertain whether they settled permanently. It was, however, within Tonga's sphere of influence, and there were regular contacts between the two island groups.
established event	with the Australian New Zealand Commonwealth
dcterms:subject	Tuvalu Tuvalu Oceanian countries (1983: Doomsday) Oceanian countries (1983: Doomsday)
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leader name	Apisai Ielemia
airport code	FUN
established date	1995-10-01(xsd:date)
national anthem	Tuvalu for the Almighty
population estimate	12373(xsd:integer)
official languages	Tuvaluan, English
national motto	"Tuvalu for the Almighty"
currency code	ANZCD
image map	LocationTuvalu.png
government type	Parliamentary, representative democracy, Associate State of The ANZC
sovereignty type	Associate State
native name	Tuvalu
Demonym	Tuvaluan
image coat	Coat_of_arms_of_Tuvalu.svg
Leader title	Prime Minister
Largest City	Funafuti
Capital	Funafuti
population density sq mi	1142(xsd:integer)
image flag	Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg
Area km	26(xsd:integer)
population estimate year	July 2009
Common name	Tuvalu
abstract	Tuvalu is thought to have been visited by Tongans in the mid-13th century, although it is uncertain whether they settled permanently. It was, however, within Tonga's sphere of influence, and there were regular contacts between the two island groups. The Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña y Neyra spotted the small island of Nui in what is now Tuvalu in 1568 while on an expedition to find the mythical land of Terra Australis. In 1819, Captain Arent de Peyster (or Peyter), while on a voyage from Valparaíso to India, discovered the atoll of Funafuti, where the capital is now located, a cluster of about fourteen low islands and sand keys. He named the cluster "Ellice's Group," after Edward Ellice, a British Member of Parliament who provided De Peyster with his ship "Rebecca." The next morning, De Peyster discovered another group of about seventeen low islands forty-three miles northwest of Funafuti, naming this group "De Peyster's Islands." It is the first name, however, that was eventually used for the whole island group. In 1841, the U.S. Exploring Expedition commanded by Charles Wilkes visited three of Tuvalu's islands and welcomed visitors to his ships. Other early interactions with the outside world were far less being 1863, hundreds of people from the southern islands were kidnapped when they were lured aboard slave ships with promises that they would be taught about Christianity.Those islanders were forced to work under horrific conditions in the guano mines of Peru.

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