This lost continent was peopled by the ancestors of the Polynesians, Micronesians, and Melanesians. They possessed advanced technology, were peaceful, and lived in harmony with nature until the epic ...

Indonesians and Filipinos are properly termed Asian, since their island groups are considered part of the Asian continent, but not the Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians of the central and ...

These Kanakas were recruited from the Melanesian group of islands under a system that became known as “blackbirding.” Some Melanesians went of their own free will, but others were taken by force. They ...