When was samoa found

Biking Holiday. Books to Read. First Aid Kit Essentials. Fishing in Samoa. Island vs Island. How to Cook an Umu. History of Samoa. Samoa Wildlife. Top 10 Things to Do. Walking in Samoa. Waterfalls in Samoa. Contact with Europeans began in the early s but did not intensify until the arrival of English missionaries and traders in the s. At the turn of the 20th century, the Samoan islands were split into two sections. The eastern islands became territories of the United States in and today are known as American Samoa.

Common Name. English, Samoan. Bordering Countries. Calling Code. Samoa Tala. Early settlements may have initially favored a coastal nucleated village settlement, and then gradually progressing inland becoming more dispersed as cultivated land in the coastal areas became exhausted possibly due to high population densities.

Initial coastal settlement sites appear around B. Gradually, as valley floors expanded over time by drop in sea level and coastal progradation, Samoan populations expanded to other coastal areas and then dispersed elsewhere. The Falefa Valley in Western Samoa demonstrates ongoing early inland occupation and hints at early cultivation by years ago. A pattern of dispersed inland settlements moving towards more nucleated coastal villages, represents the early historic settlement pattern.