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The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written history began when European navigators first sighted New Guinea in the early part of the 17th century.
Etymology. Papua is derived from a local term of uncertain origin. [27] . Regarding the islands of New Guinea, the Portuguese captain and geographer António Galvão wrote that: The people of all these islands are blacke, and have their haire frisled, whom the people of Maluco do call Papuas. [28]
In the modern sense, Papua(n) is the general name for the frizzy-haired populadon of New Guinea. Already in the first half of the sixteenth century, however, the Portuguese and Spaniards referred to the archipelago to the east of Halmahera and to the north of Ceram as the 'Papuan Islands'.
6 ημέρες πριν · Geographical and historical treatment of Papua New Guinea, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea, the world’s second largest island; the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka; and small offshore islands and atolls.
In the modern sense, Papua (n) is the general name for the frizzy-haired populadon of New Guinea. Already in the first half of the sixteenth century, however, the Portuguese and Spaniards referred to the archipelago to the east of Halmahera and to the north of Ceram as the 'Papuan Islands'.
1 Απρ 1993 · In April 1961, the New Guinea Council was formed and decided on the official name of Papua, a name with an etymology denoting frizzy hair, as opposed to the straight hair of the Malay...
28 Ιουν 2024 · Papua New Guinea has had several names throughout history. Most notably, the region was known as Dutch New Guinea, German New Guinea, and simply Papua. It wasn’t until the country gained independence from Australia in 1975 that it adopted its current name of Papua New Guinea.
