WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1774, Captain James Cook became the first European to discover the island while on his second voyage to the South Pacific. Cook named the Island after the Duchess of Norfolk in England.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Scramble for Africa, also called the Partition of Africa, the Conquest of Africa or the Rape of Africa, was the invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of most of Africa by seven Western European powers during an era known as New Imperialism (between 1833 and 1914).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Europeans settled in the various islands of Oceania for establishing colonial rule, to set up trading networks and to spread the word of Christianity. The control of the islands of Oceania would give the European power an upper hand for establishing power in the Indian Ocean trade network.

Detailed explanation-4: -European exploration of the Pacific began with the Spanish and the Portuguese. By the late 1500s, the Spanish had colonized the Philippines and had discovered several of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia, as well as the Solomon Islands in Melanesia and the Marquesas Islands in Polynesia.