Pacific Islands Forum

The 18th century explorer James Cook’s ambition in claiming Australia as authentically “British” manifested in the maps he produced. In the time he spent in Australia, James Cook named well over 100 different landmarks. Although it may seem at first as if the names he gave to these bays, isles, and mountains are arbitrary, they most certainly were not. The names given were all of English-style and more importantly arose from his history as a British-born citizen. He assigned names like “Cape…

The building of the Panama Canal is considered one of the greatest engineering feats in history. In the 1820s, at the time of initial American interest in the Panama Canal, Panama was part of Gran Colombia. The building of the Panama Canal would create a new alliance for the U.S. while gaining financially and acquiring independence from Colombia. The building and maintaining of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s allowed the United States to develop and gain economically while Panama received…

The Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum), is a lizard native to North America. At a length up to 2 feet and 5 pounds heavy, it is also the largest native lizard discovered in the United States. Gila monster gets its name from Arizona’s Gila River basin, where it was first discovered. They can be found mainly in deserts located in southwestern United States, and northwest Mexico. They are found in areas of gravelly and sandy soil, mostly under rocks or in burrows. They spend 90-95% of their life…

army invaded and attempted to claim Manchuria in 1931. The Rape of Nanking also triggered the United States as it damaged the American’s economic interest in China. In response, the United States imposed economic sanctions against Japan and sent the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor to defuse the situation which was later ambushed. At this point, the United…

Born in Marton, a village in England, on November 7, 1728, James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, and captain who “discovered,” or basically rediscovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 during his third voyage into the Pacific. He is best known for his trips in the Pacific Ocean and his precise mapping of it. In 1776, James Cook was a retired captain in the Royal Navy, which is the United Kingdom’s leading naval warfare force. It’s not clear when it comes to who supported James Cook on…

All the kids are doing it. They’re doing it in the park, in their yard, between buildings, and just about anywhere there’s two structures to tie down to. I’m talking about the latest sport activity trend, slacklining. Hikers first used slacklining way back in the 70’s. They used the activity as a way to exercise their balance in between hiking adventures. Now, it has grown from an exercise to an everyday activity. The people who participate in slacklining, are often humorously called slackers.…

majority were forced out of their homes and others were bribed with things such as mirrors, knifes and other possessions that assist with their survival. The South Sea Islanders migrated to Queensland and northern New South Wales from over 80 Pacific Islands. They were known as the ‘Kanakas’ which is a Hawaiian word that defines to ‘man’. South Sea Islanders had a huge impact on Australia but were treated poorly and went through a high level of racism and general discrimination. This essay will…

old who are taken into this horrible trade as well. As these girls are taken they are beaten, raped, and forced to work for the pimps as prostitutes under threat that friends and family will be harmed if they try to escape. A spokeswoman from the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery, Kathryn Xian, is very familiar with the problem of human trafficking in Hawaii. She said that, “100,000 ads for Hawaii based prostitution services posted online each year and some of those services are local children…

I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A. The Pacific Ocean 1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from Asia crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. Polynesian use of the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, suggests that they may have reached the Americas. 2. Polynesian migration and establishment of colonies was aided by…

hydroelectric power generation, and transportation of cargo and people. To conserve water and to facilitate two-way travel, canals are built level. The Panama Canal was built to subtract the distance that ships had to travel pass between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The main reason of building this was to travel goods, for automobiles to grain,saving time and money…