A forgotten 300th anniversary
White men come and go in Sāmoa
On 14 June 1722 Dutch hobbyist explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrived at Ofu-Olosega islands, part of Manu’a, in Sāmoa.
Western accounts sometimes refer to the event of the discovery of Sāmoa, 300 years ago this month.
In fact, already well travelled Sāmoans had long before found papālagi.
On that June day, crew from Ro…
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