In recent times, this tragedy has hit the Hawaiian Islands harder than any other island group. ... The Hawaiian Islands were formed from volcanic activity in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, making them "oceanic- islands (as opposed to "landbridge- islands, which are formed when rising sea levels cut off an area from the mainland) (Wilcove 1999). ... Because of the extreme isolation of the islands, it is estimated that successful colonists reached the islands only once every 70,000 years (Fielding). ... Some island-hopped to neighboring islands and developed into distinct populations and subsp...

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When the London merchants of what became the East India Company first sent ships to the East in 1601, they were not bound for India at all but for the Spice Islands of the Dutch East Indies, and the English traders who set foot on the subcontinent a little later actually sought to avoid conquest. ... In 1661 they picked up another site when, for a paltry annual rent of 10, King Charles II handed over a barren island called Bombay, which had been part of his dowry from Catherine of Braganza. ... In 1739, Nadir Shah of Persia marched on Delhi, slaughtered many of its people and carried its treas...

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However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. ... Their raids lasted over two hundred years and it was during this time that many of Ireland's treasures in the monasteries were sent to the continent or buried for safe-keeping, or just looted by the invaders. ...

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