Marquesas [Islands] - Marquesas

Japanese: マルキーズ[諸島] - マルキーズ
Marquesas [Islands] - Marquesas
A group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia in the South Pacific. They are also called the Marquesas Islands. They consist of 14 islands, including Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa, and produce copra. The Spanish arrived in 1595, and it became a French territory in 1842. Since then, the population has drastically decreased due to violence by European whalers and other fishermen, and diseases they brought with them. The painter Gauguin died on Hiva Oa, and Melville's novel Typee was set on Nuku Hiva. 1049 km2 . 9264 people (2012).

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Japanese:
南太平洋,フランス領ポリネシアに属する火山島群。マルケサス諸島ともいう。ヌク・ヒバ,ヒバ・オアなど14島からなり,コプラを産する。1595年スペイン人が来航,1842年以後フランス領。以後,ヨーロッパ人の捕鯨漁夫などによる暴力や,彼らがもち込んだ病気によって人口が激減した。画家ゴーギャンはヒバ・オア島で没し,メルビルの小説《タイピー》はヌク・ヒバ島が舞台となった。1049km2。9264人(2012)。

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