Talk:History of the Solomon Islands

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[edit] Ragusans in Solomons

The presence of explorers and traders from the Republic of Ragusa needs to cite references. I did a quick Google looking for some verfication:

http://www.croatians.com/DISCOVERY-VICEROY-BUNE.htm - says that Vice Bune was a Ragusan in Spanish employ who was at one point Viceroy of Mexico.

http://www.goacom.org/goanow/99/apr/history.html - seems to verify the presence of Ragusan traders in Goa.

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/pdfs/iranian_origin_croats.pdf - mentions Vice Bune and Ragusans in Melanesia, but the document deals with what I would call "fringe history" (ie. the Old Iranian origin of the Croatian people), so that discounts that, at least in my mind, as independent verification.

Failure to appear on Google doesn't prove anything, but it does nothing to allay my suspicions. Please provide citations, preferably from published material (books, articles). Citing old records and the like isn't quite good enough if you can't show where these have been published.--Iacobus 23:41, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vice Bune

The reference to this figure should probably be deleted until independent documentary evidence of his activities can be found. The only reference to Bune's being in the Pacific is other WP sites. See extensive discussion at {http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputatio:Vincentius_Bune]--Nickm57 (talk) 23:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

There is extensive discussion regarding Vice Bune (a real merchant from Dubrovnik who served the Spanish crown, but about whom verifiable details are very limited) at [1]. Apparently main WP deleted an entry about him some time ago, deciding he was a non-existant person. The few remaining references to him on google are generally based on the old WP entry.
Note: I notice all the WP entries relating to Vice Bune and alleged Ragusian exploration of/trade with the Pacific appear from two anonymous IP addresses on 28 and 29 October 2006. --Nickm57 (talk) 23:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)