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Futuna (Wallis and Futuna) by Agnes F. Vandome (2011, Trade Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Futuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (collectivit d'outre-mer, or COM) of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or les Horne, nearby Alofi being the other. They are both a remnant of an old extinct volcano, now bordered with a fringing reef. The island is famous as the place (where the cathedral of Poi now stands) where Pierre Chanel was martyred in 1841, becoming Polynesia's one and only Catholic saint. The population is 4,871 (census of 2003), of which 2,991 reside in Alo and 1,880 in Sigave. Futuna's highest point is Mont Puke with 524 m, and the island has an area of 83 km, with 53 km in Sigave and 30 km in Alo (Alo). Futuna and Alofi were put on the European maps by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire during their famous circumnavigation of the globe with the ship the Eendracht in 1616. After having come from Niuafo'ou, they suddenly changed their course from west to northwest and so stumbled on this island pair.

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