Faster access than browser!
84 relations: A Pattern of Islands, Abaiang, Abemama, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Aranuka, Arorae, Atoll, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Baltic Germans, Banaba Island, Battle of Makin, Battle of Tarawa, Beru Island, Betio, Bible, British Empire, Butaritari, Caroline Islands, Catholic Church, Census, Coconut, Colocasia esculenta, Colony, Congregational church, Equator, French ship Astrolabe (1811), Geographic coordinate system, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Gilbertese language, Hawaii, Hiram Bingham II, HMS Dolphin (1751), Hymn, International Hydrographic Organization, John Byron, John Marshall (British captain), Kiribati, Kuria (islands), Lagoon, Life (magazine), Louis Isidore Duperrey, Maiana, Makin (islands), Marakei, Mariana Islands, Marine Raiders, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nikunau, ..., Nonouti, Onotoa, Origin myth, Pacific Ocean, Pandanus, Papua New Guinea, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Phoenix Islands, Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme, Phosphate, Protectorate, Raid on Makin Island, Ratak Chain, Rawannawi, Reef, Roreti, Rungata, Samuel Eliot Morison, Scarborough (1782 ship), Seamount, Solomon Islands, Tabiteuea, Tamana, Kiribati, Tarawa, Tax, Tembinok', Thomas Gilbert (sea captain), Tsar, Tuvalu, United States Army, United States Exploring Expedition, United States Marine Corps, World War I, 2nd Marine Division (United States). Expand index (34 more) »
A Pattern of Islands
A Pattern Of Islands (also known as We Chose the Islands in American editions) is a memoir first published in 1952 by Sir Arthur Grimble, recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner between 1914 and 1933.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and A Pattern of Islands · See more »
Abaiang
Abaiang, also known as Apaiang, Apia, and in the past, Charlotte Island, in the Northern Gilbert Islands, is a coral atoll of Kiribati, located in the west-central Pacific Ocean.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Abaiang · See more »
Abemama
Abemama (Apamama) is an atoll, one of the Gilberts group in Kiribati, and is located southeast of Tarawa and just north of the Equator.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Abemama · See more »
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Baron Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern (Ива́н Фёдорович Крузенште́рн; 10 October 177012 August 1846), born as Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern, was a Russian admiral and explorer of Baltic German descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Adam Johann von Krusenstern · See more »
Aranuka
Aranuka is an atoll of Kiribati, located just north of the equator, in the Gilbert Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Aranuka · See more »
Arorae
Arorae (previously known as Arorai, Arurai, Hope Island or Hurd) is an atoll in Kiribati located near the equator.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Arorae · See more »
Atoll
An atoll, sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Atoll · See more »
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Attack on Pearl Harbor · See more »
Baltic Germans
The Baltic Germans (Deutsch-Balten or Deutschbalten, later Baltendeutsche) are ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Baltic Germans · See more »
Banaba Island
Banaba Island (also Ocean Island), an island in the Pacific Ocean, is a solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island chain and east of Nauru.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Banaba Island · See more »
Battle of Makin
The Battle of Makin was an engagement of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 20 to 23 November 1943, on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Battle of Makin · See more »
Battle of Tarawa
The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that was fought on 20–23 November 1943.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Battle of Tarawa · See more »
Beru Island
Beru Island is an island in the Kingsmill Group of the South Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Beru Island · See more »
Betio
Betio is the largest township of Kiribati's capital city, South Tarawa, and the country's main port.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Betio · See more »
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Bible · See more »
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and British Empire · See more »
Butaritari
Butaritari is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Butaritari · See more »
Caroline Islands
The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Caroline Islands · See more »
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Catholic Church · See more »
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Census · See more »
Coconut
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Coconut · See more »
Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, the root vegetables most commonly known as taro.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Colocasia esculenta · See more »
Colony
In history, a colony is a territory under the immediate complete political control of a state, distinct from the home territory of the sovereign.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Colony · See more »
Congregational church
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Congregational church · See more »
Equator
An equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is its zeroth circle of latitude (parallel).
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Equator · See more »
French ship Astrolabe (1811)
Astrolabe was a horse barge converted to an exploration ship of the French Navy and was originally named Coquille.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and French ship Astrolabe (1811) · See more »
Geographic coordinate system
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Geographic coordinate system · See more »
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two colonies which became independent nations shortly after.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Gilbert and Ellice Islands · See more »
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign were a series of battles fought from November 1943 through February 1944, in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the United States and the Empire of Japan.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign · See more »
Gilbertese language
Taetae ni Kiribati or Gilbertese, also Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese), is a Micronesian language of the Austronesian language family.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Gilbertese language · See more »
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Hawaii · See more »
Hiram Bingham II
Hiram Bingham II (August 16, 1831 – October 25, 1908), was a Protestant Christian missionary to Hawaii and the Gilbert Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Hiram Bingham II · See more »
HMS Dolphin (1751)
HMS Dolphin was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and HMS Dolphin (1751) · See more »
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Hymn · See more »
International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is the inter-governmental organisation representing hydrography.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and International Hydrographic Organization · See more »
John Byron
Vice-Admiral The Hon.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and John Byron · See more »
John Marshall (British captain)
Captain John Marshall (Jo̧o̧n M̧ajeļ) (26 February 1748 NS (15 February 1747 OS) – 1819) was a British explorer of the Pacific.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and John Marshall (British captain) · See more »
Kiribati
Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati),.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Kiribati · See more »
Kuria (islands)
Kuria is the name of a pair of islets in the Central Gilbert Islands in Kiribati, northwest of Aranuka.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Kuria (islands) · See more »
Lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Lagoon · See more »
Life (magazine)
Life was an American magazine that ran regularly from 1883 to 1972 and again from 1978 to 2000.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Life (magazine) · See more »
Louis Isidore Duperrey
Louis Isidore Duperrey (21 October 1786 – 25 August 1865) was a French naval officer and explorer.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Louis Isidore Duperrey · See more »
Maiana
Maiana is an atoll in Kiribati and is one of the Central Gilbert Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Maiana · See more »
Makin (islands)
Makin is the name of a chain of islands located in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Makin (islands) · See more »
Marakei
Marakei is a small atoll in the North Gilbert Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Marakei · See more »
Mariana Islands
The Mariana Islands (also the Marianas) are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the western North Pacific Ocean, between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Mariana Islands · See more »
Marine Raiders
The Marine Raiders were elite units established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct special amphibious light infantry warfare, particularly in landing in rubber boats and operating behind the lines.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Marine Raiders · See more »
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ), is an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands · See more »
Micronesia
Micronesia ((); from μικρός mikrós "small" and νῆσος nêsos "island") is a subregion of Oceania, composed of thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Micronesia · See more »
Nikunau
Nikunau is a low coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands and forms a council district of the Republic of Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Nikunau · See more »
Nonouti
Nonouti is an atoll and district of Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Nonouti · See more »
Onotoa
Onotoa is an atoll and district of Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Onotoa · See more »
Origin myth
An origin myth is a myth that purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Origin myth · See more »
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Pacific Ocean · See more »
Pandanus
Pandanus is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Pandanus · See more »
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Papua New Guinea · See more »
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (Pedro Fernández de Quirós) (1565–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain best known for his involvement with Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595–1596 voyage of Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and for leading a 1605–1606 expedition which crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós · See more »
Phoenix Islands
The Phoenix Islands or Rawaki are a group of eight atolls and two submerged coral reefs, lying in the central Pacific Ocean east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Phoenix Islands · See more »
Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme
The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme was begun in 1938 in the western Pacific ocean and was the last attempt at human colonisation within the British Empire.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme · See more »
Phosphate
A phosphate is chemical derivative of phosphoric acid.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Phosphate · See more »
Protectorate
A protectorate, in its inception adopted by modern international law, is a dependent territory that has been granted local autonomy and some independence while still retaining the suzerainty of a greater sovereign state.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Protectorate · See more »
Raid on Makin Island
The Raid on Makin Island (occurred on 17–18 August 1942) was an attack by the United States Marine Corps Raiders on Japanese military forces on Makin Island (now known as Butaritari Island) in the Pacific Ocean.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Raid on Makin Island · See more »
Ratak Chain
The Ratak Chain (Marshallese: Ratak) is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Ratak Chain · See more »
Rawannawi
Rawannawi is a settlement at the northern tip of Marakei, Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Rawannawi · See more »
Reef
A reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Reef · See more »
Roreti
Roreti is a village in Arorae, Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Roreti · See more »
Rungata
Rungata, or Rungataa, is a settlement on Nikunau Island in Kiribati.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Rungata · See more »
Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot Morison (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Samuel Eliot Morison · See more »
Scarborough (1782 ship)
Scarborough was a double-decked, three-masted, ship-rigged, copper-sheathed, barque that participated in the First Fleet, assigned to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia in 1788.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Scarborough (1782 ship) · See more »
Seamount
A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level), and thus is not an island, islet or cliff-rock.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Seamount · See more »
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Solomon Islands · See more »
Tabiteuea
Tabiteuea, formerly Drummond's Island, is an atoll in the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, farther south of the Tarawa Atoll.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Tabiteuea · See more »
Tamana, Kiribati
Tamana is the smallest island in the Gilbert Islands.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Tamana, Kiribati · See more »
Tarawa
Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati, in the central Pacific Ocean.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Tarawa · See more »
Tax
A tax (from the Latin taxo) is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or other legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Tax · See more »
Tembinok'
Tembinok', or Tem Binoka, (reigned 1878 – 10 November 1891) was the Uea (ruler) of Abemama, Aranuka and Kuria, in the Gilbert Islands, during the late 19th century.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Tembinok' · See more »
Thomas Gilbert (sea captain)
Thomas Gilbert was an 18th-century British mariner.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Thomas Gilbert (sea captain) · See more »
Tsar
Tsar (Old Bulgarian / Old Church Slavonic: ц︢рь or цар, цaрь), also spelled csar, or czar, is a title used to designate East and South Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers of Eastern Europe.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Tsar · See more »
Tuvalu
Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia, lying east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and Tuvalu · See more »
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and United States Army · See more »
United States Exploring Expedition
The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States from 1838 to 1842.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and United States Exploring Expedition · See more »
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and United States Marine Corps · See more »
World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
New!!: Gilbert Islands and World War I · See more »
2nd Marine Division (United States)
The U.S. 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF).
New!!: Gilbert Islands and 2nd Marine Division (United States) · See more »
Redirects here:
Central Gilbert Island, Central Gilberts, Central Gilberts Island, Gilbert Island, Gilbert islands, Gilberts, Kingsmill Group, Kingsmill Islands, Northern Gilbert Islands, Northern Gilberts, South Gilbert Islands, Southern Gilbert Islands, Southern Gilberts Islands, The Gilbert Islands, Tungaru.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Islands
