Pitcairn Islands Introduction 2016, CIA World Factbook

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Pitcairn Islands Introduction 2016

SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Background:
Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today.

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Pitcairn Islands Introduction 2016 https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/pitcairn_islands/pitcairn_islands_introduction.html SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES