Gilbert and Ellice Islands
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands
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a former British colony,
comprising the Gilbert Islands (
now Kiribati),
the Ellice Islands (
now Tuvalu),
and other widely scattered islands in the central Pacific Ocean.
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Former British colony, western central Pacific Ocean.
The colony consisted of the Gilbert Islands,
Tuvalu (
formerly Ellice islands),
the northern Line Islands,
and the Phoenix Islands.
First visited by Europeans by the early 19th century,
the group was proclaimed a British protectorate in 1892 and made a crown colony in 1916.
In 1979 the colony was divided and formed parts of independent Kiribati and Tuvalu.
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Universalium.
2010.
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