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New Guinea

New Guinea is the world's second-largest island, north of Australia, with high mountain ranges and dense rainforest. Its western coasts were claimed by the Sultanate of Tidore. In the 1880s the island was divided between the Netherlands in the west, Germany in the north-east and Britain in the south-east. The western half is now part of Indonesia and the eastern half forms Papua New Guinea.

New Guinea
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Mentioned in 5 profiles

Dutch EmpireDeclineCommonwealth of AustraliaMilitary, DeclineKingdom of the NetherlandsDeclineDutch East IndiesMilitary, Governance, Impact, Decline, SummaryIndonesiaSocioeconomy, Military

Mentioned in 7 state histories

Tidore SultanateBritish New GuineaGerman New GuineaTerritory of PapuaTerritory of New GuineaTerritory of Papua and New GuineaNetherlands New Guinea

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). New Guinea. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-guinea
MLA
“New Guinea.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-guinea. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “New Guinea.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-guinea.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘New Guinea’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-guinea (Accessed: ).

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