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The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. In 1568, the Spanish navigator [[Álvaro de Mendaña]] was the first European to visit them, naming them the ''Islas Salomón''.<ref name="Princeton University Library">{{cite web|url=http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/mendana-queiros/mendana-queiros.html|title=Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira, 1542?–1595|publisher=Princeton University Library|accessdate=8 February 2013}}</ref> Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson R.N., of {{HMS|Curacoa|1878|6}}, declared the southern Solomon Islands a [[British protectorate]].<ref name="BRL6">{{cite book |last1= Lawrence |first1= David Russell |authorlink1= |title= The Naturalist and his "Beautiful Islands": Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific|url= |format= |accessdate= |year= October 2014|publisher=ANU Press |location= |language= |isbn=9781925022032|oclc= |doi= |id= |page=|pages= |chapter= Chapter 6 The British Solomon Islands Protectorate: Colonialism without capital |chapterurl= http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p298111/pdf/ch063.pdf|quote= |ref= |bibcode= }}</ref><ref>''Commonwealth and Colonial Law'' by Kenneth Roberts-Wray, London, Stevens, 1966. P. 897</ref> During [[World War II]], the [[Solomon Islands campaign]] (1942–1945) saw fierce fighting between the United States and the [[Empire of Japan]], such as in the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]].

The official name of the then British administration was changed from "[[British Solomon Islands|the British Solomon Islands Protectorate]]" to "the Solomon Islands" in 1975, and self-government was achieved the year after. Independence was obtained in 1978 and the name changed to just "Solomon Islands", without the [[definite article]]. At independence, Solomon Islands became a [[constitutional monarchy]]. The [[Monarchy of Solomon Islands|Queen of Solomon Islands]] is [[Elizabeth II]], represented by the [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands|Governor-General]].

 

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