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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Tuvalu
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Republic and member of the *Commonwealth since independence in 1978, known previously as the Ellice Islands and consisting of nine coral atolls in the Pacific (with a population of only about 9000). In 1892 they were made part of the protectorate of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (the Gilbert Islands became independent as *Kiribati).
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