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3500 BCE
First settlers in vanuatu
The first settlers arrived in Vanuatu -
1299 BCE
pottery fragments found
pottery fragments were found dating back to 1300bc -
Pedro Fernandez de Quiros
That fella found the island of Espiritu Santo -
Captain Cook
in 1777 Captain Cook named the islands of the New Hebrides, a name that lasted till their independence from Britain in 1980