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People coming from Tahiti first settled on the Cook Islands in the 6th century A.D. The existance of these islands
was known to Spanish navigators from the late 16th century onward. They were visited by James Cook in the 1770es;
the name "Cook Islands" first appears on maps of the 1820es. A British protectorate 1888-1901, a New Zealand
protectorate 1901-1965. Since 1965 self-governing territory in union with New Zealand. Timelines : Cook Islands |
| E x t e r n a l . F i l e s |
| Country Profiles | Links, Portals | Organizations | Accounts of History | Politics | Military History | Economic History |
| Social History | Ethnography | History of Religion | Regional History | Local History | Institutions | Culture |
| Biography | Others |
| D o c u m e n t s |
| Historical Data | Documents | Institutions | National Symbols |
| P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
| Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook,
Countries : New Caledonia from Index Mundi Jane's New Caledonia Home Page |
| Links | General |
from dmoz Outlines of the Cook Islands, from Wikipedia Category : Cook Islands, from Wikipedia |
| on History |
Category : History of the Cook Islands, from Wikipedia |
| Organizations |
Pacific History Association Pacific Islands Museums and Cultural Institutions Association (PIMA) New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Pacific Islands Interest Group Pacific Islands Study Circle (Philately) |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Archaeopedia New Zealand |
| Timelines |
| Accounts of History |
Article : History of the Cook Islands, from Wikipedia History of the Cook Islands, from Jarvyweb; from Cook Islands Travel Guide M. Russell, Polynesia: a history of the South Sea islands, including New Zealand ; with narrative of the introduction of christianity, 1852, GB |
| Politics |
Political Resources on the Web : Cook Islands;
Governments on the WWW : Cook Islands;
Article Politics of the Cook Islands, from Wikipedia |
| Military |
| Economy & Finances |
Article Economy of the Cook Islands, from Wikipedia |
| Ethnography |
Languages of the Cook Islands (5), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Cook Islands |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Cook Islands, from
Kirken i Norge |
| Local History |
| Institutions |
Cook Islands, from Airline History Structurae : Cook Islands |
| Biographies |
| Others |
Finding Cook Islands, from South Pacific Organizer Oceania Ecoregion, from WWF |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : Cook Islands |
| Lists of Bishops |
Article : Roman Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga,
from Wikipedia |
| Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Cook Islands, from Population Statistics
by Jan Lahmeyer |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Search Papers Past
(New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920) Search Newspapers SG (Singapore Newspapers 1831-2006) Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 Life Magazine 1936-1972, GB, 139 entries for Cook Islands |
| Modern Newspapers |
links from Online Newspapers |
| Image Databanks |
Wikimedia Commons License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates of the World Images of the Cook Islands, from Pacific Picture Agency Airline Timetable Images : Cook Islands |
| Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK),
Archives New Zealand for Cook Islands |
| Constitutions, Laws |
| Treaties |
| Document Collections |
| Historical Maps |
Cook Islands Maps, from Perry Castaneda Map Collection, UTexas |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article Cook Islands, from EB 1911 |
| Religious |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Cook's Islands, p.161 in vol.3 of H. Murray et al.,
The encyclop©Ądia of geography, 1837, GB Cook's Islands, pp.801-805 in A.G. Findlay, A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, 1851, GB |
| Historical |
| Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
| Tour Guides, Travelogues |
| Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
National Archives, Cook Islands National Library, Cook Islands |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry Anthem, from David's National Anthem Reference Page |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of the Cook Islands, from World Currency Museum,
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money |
| Stamps |
Rare Cook Islands,
Penrhyn Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;
Cook Islands Stamps 1892-1894, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920
by Evert Klaseboer; subfiles on Aitutaki, Niue, Penrhyn; scroll down for Rarotonga |
| PRINTED REFERENCE |
| Bibliographies |
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde
(Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Brunei (site in German, most titles listed in English;
hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) RHS Bibliography |
| Online Libraries | General |
Gutenberg Library Online,
Internet Archive Persee (French search engine) New Zealand Digital Library |
| Online Journals | On Oceania |
Journal of the Polynesian Society 1892-1991 |
| Historiography |
Article : Pacific Islands Historiography, by K.R. Howe, pp.685-687, in vol.2 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
| General Accounts | On the Pacific |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.25, pp.266-269
Article Pacific Islands : New Caledonia. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.25 |
| On New Caledonia |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Robert D. Craig and Franklin P. King, Historical Dictionary of Oceania, Westport CT : Greenwood 1981 [G] |
| Historical Atlas |
Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific,
London : Penguin 1998, 120 pp. [G] |
| Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] |
