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Central and Southwestern Pacific Ocean

Central and Southwestern Pacific Ocean
Central and Southwestern Pacific Ocean © 1996 Brandon Plewe

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Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Western Islands

Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Western Islands
Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Western Islands

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War time map of The Bismarck Archipelago

The Bismarck Archipelago and part of the Western Islands
War time map of the Bismarck Archipelago and some of the Western Islands (Wuvulu, Aua, Manu and the Anchorites islands are not shown)
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History - War Department, March 1947, General Order No. 24, CAMPAIGNS, WORLD WAR II-List of battles and compaigns, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, 14. Bismarck Archipelago. (Fig. 14.)

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The Western Islands and Manus Island

The Western Islands & Manus Is. [FRB map]
The Western Islands and Manus Island

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The Western Islands

The Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago [FRB map]
The Western Islands

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Early Maps

Descripcion de las Indias del Poniente by Antonio de Herrera, Madrid 1601
Descripcion de las Indias del Poniente by Antonio de Herrera, Madrid 1601  
The oldest known map of New Guinea and the Western Islands


Map of New Guinea ('Nova Guinea'), c. 1600; as reproduced in G. Collingridge's 1906 work, "The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea".
Nova Guinea—The First Map of New Guinea, 1600 • Portuguese Hemisphere (left) and Spanish Hemisphere (right)
from George Collingridge de Tourcey's 1906 "The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea"

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