Louisiade Archipelago, a group of islands belonging to British New Guinea, and forming an eastward extension of that island. It embraces Sudest (45 miles long by 4 to 10 miles wide), Rossel, St Aignan's (28 miles long by 8 to 9 miles wide), and a vast number of smaller islands. All are mountainous, rising to 3500 in St Aignan's, and covered with vegetation. The inhabitants are numerous, but wild, and head-hunters; they seem to partake of both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
Louisiade Archipelago
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 726–727
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