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Pitcairner
Pitcairn Islanders, also referred to as Pitkerners and Pitcairnese, are the inhabitants or citizens of the Pitcairn Islands. The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory, mainly inhabited by Euronesians of British and Tahitian descent. The culture held in common by most Pitcairn Islanders is mainstream Pitcairn culture, a mixture of British culture, British and Polynesian culture, Polynesian culture derived from the traditions of the settlers who landed in 1790. Most of the people today are descendants of the Bounty mutineers, descended from the HMS Bounty, HMS ''Bounty'' mutineers of English people, English, Cornish people, Cornish, Manx people, Manx and Scottish people, Scottish descent, plus their Tahitians, Tahitian companions, including the few who settled afterwards. As of 2018, there are a total of 50 people List of countries and dependencies by population, inhabiting the island. There is also a Pitcairn diaspora particularly in Norfolk Island, New Zealand and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitcairn Map By Robert Benard 1774
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four islands—Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno—are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about . Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area, but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia) at 688 km to the west and Easter Island at 1,929 km to the east. The Pitcairn Islanders are a biracial ethnic group descended mostly from nine ''Bounty'' mutineers and a handful of Tahitian consorts—as is still apparent from the surnames of many of the islanders. The mutiny and its aftermath have been the subject of many books and films. As of January 2020, the territory had only 47 permanent inhabitants. History Polyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
