■ Solofeon Islands Discovered l'n' '.1507 by -a' Spanisli cxplprer, Alvaro- tie Mcndana, the? Sorldiiion Islands were for centuries lost oiy tfoQti ers came to doubt their exi£tenee> - ,j ami they were expunged for a tixiies from maps of the world.. Their rediscovery was the result of persistent adventure on the part of explorers who believed that the existence of the islands was-necessary t.oniaintaiii flic : balancc of the lamfeand water masses deemed by geo-— graph6rs to constitute- the world. this 'statement* wsfcs- ltiatfc by the Rtevw A. H. Voyce, fcjir 10 years a Metliodishs? missibhafy in, |he island of Boii&am-*» villel when addressing a meeting held recently at the Whakatanei Methodist Church.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19430629.2.29
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 85, 29 June 1943, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
111Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 85, 29 June 1943, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in