WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Dutch claimed the western half of the island in 1828 as part of the Dutch East Indies. In the 1870s Captain John Moresby of Great Britain surveyed the southeastern coast, and by 1884 the southeastern quadrant of New Guinea had been annexed by Great Britain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Captain John Moresby, commander of HMS Basilisk, sailed into a harbour on the shores of the Gulf of Papua on the south-eastern coast of the Papuan Peninsula at 10.00am on 20 February 1873. He proudly named the two harbours he sailed into after his father Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby.

Detailed explanation-3: -Promoted lieutenant in 1851, he served in South American waters and the Baltic during the Crimean war. On half-pay as a commander from 1858, he served on the China Station in 1861-64. Promoted post captain on 1 January 1865, he was on half-pay but worked as a marine surveyor in Ireland for five years.

Detailed explanation-4: -Port Moresby is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. The city is on the shores of the Gulf of Papua. Its population is around 365, 000 (2011) and growing quickly. The indigenous people of the area are the Motu-Koitabu.

Detailed explanation-5: -The national capital, Port Moresby, is located in southeastern New Guinea on the Coral Sea. The islands that constitute Papua New Guinea were settled over a period of 40, 000 years by the mixture of peoples who are generally referred to as Melanesians.