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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
Nauru

Republic and one of the smallest members of the *Commonwealth, consisting of some 9000 people on a coral island (21sq.km/8sq.m) in the Pacific, northeast of Australia. First visited by British ships in 1798, the island was annexed by Germany in 1888. From 1928 it was a British *mandated territory, administered by Australia. It became independent in 1968.
 








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