Melanesian languages

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

International currencies, money, various banknotes, currency

A Brief (and Fascinating) History of Money

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

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Topics

Bambatana language Melanesian pidgins Fijian language Roviana language Bugotu language Graged language Mota language Motu language Rotuman language Tolai language Polynesian languages Micronesian languages

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Key People

R.H. Codrington

British anthropologist and priest

Hans Conon von der Gabelentz

German linguist

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Languages & Alphabets