The Gilbert Islands or Kingsmill Group are a string of sixteen tiny islands and atolls in the Pacific Ocean, stretching in a crescent from north to south on the equator. They were declared a British protectorate in 1892 and settled as a British colony in 1916. They are of coralformation, and all low and not fertile. Their chief products were traditionally mostly the coconut, pandanus, taro, and the bread-fruit tree. The original islanders were a handsome people of mixed race. The women much smaller in proportion than the men, with delicate features and slight figures. Research Gilbert Islands
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