The Senyavin Islands belong to the Federated States of Micronesia. They consist of a larger volcanic Pohnpei Island (about 334km2) and two small atolls Ant and Pakin.
Senyavin Islands
Location of the Senyavin Islands in the Pacific Ocean
On Pohnpei, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas (Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before ca. 1100); Mwehin Sau Deleur (Period of the Lord of Deleur, ca. 1100[1] to ca. 1628);[note 1] and Mwehin Nahnmwarki (Period of the Nahnmwarki, ca. 1628 to ca. 1885).[2][5] Pohnpeian legend recounts that the Saudeleur rulers, the first to bring government to Pohnpei, were of foreign origin. The Saudeleur centralized form of absolute rule is characterized in Pohnpeian legend as becoming increasingly oppressive over several generations. Arbitrary and onerous demands, as well as a reputation for offending Pohnpeian deities, sowed resentment among Pohnpeians. The Saudeleur Dynasty ended with the invasion of Isokelekel, another semi-mythical foreigner, who replaced the Saudeleur rule with the more decentralized nahnmwarki system in existence today.[7][8][9]
For the Europeans these islands were discovered first by Pedro Fernández de Quirós[10] On 10 September 1825 Captain Row, in the brig John Bull passed within 40 miles from some islands at 6°47′N158°1′E as he was sailing from New South Wales to Canton. He did not approach more closely as he sighted five boats that gave chase. John Bull was lightly armed and so Row was unwilling to interact with them, choosing instead to sail on. He believed the islands were unknown and so named them "John Bull's Islands".[11] In 1828 Russian navigator Fyodor Litke named the group after Russian admiral Dmitry Senyavin.[12]
Notes
The Saudeleur era lasted around 500 years.[2] Legend generally dates their downfall to the 1500s,[3] however archaeologists date Saudeleur ruins to ca. 1628.[4][5][6]
References
Flood, Bo; Strong, Beret E.; Flood, William (2002). Micronesian Legends. Bess Press. pp.145–7, 160. ISBN1-57306-129-8. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
Morgan, William N (1988). Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia. University of Texas Press. pp.60, 63, 76, 85. ISBN0-292-76506-1. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
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Riesenberg, Saul H (1968). The Native Polity of Ponape. Contributions to Anthropology. Vol.10. Smithsonian Institution Press. pp.38, 51. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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