<P> Fiji's main island is known as Viti Levu and it is from this that the name "Fiji" is derived, though the common English pronunciation is based on that of their island neighbours in Tonga . Its emergence can be described as follows: </P> <P> Fijians first impressed themselves on European consciousness through the writings of the members of the expeditions of Cook who met them in Tonga . They were described as formidable warriors and ferocious cannibals, builders of the finest vessels in the Pacific, but not great sailors . They inspired awe amongst the Tongans, and all their Manufactures, especially bark cloth and clubs, were highly valued and much in demand . They called their home Viti, but the Tongans called it Fisi, and it was by this foreign pronunciation, Fiji, first promulgated by Captain James Cook, that these islands are now known . </P> <P> "Feejee", the Anglicised spelling of the Tongan pronunciation, was used in accounts and other writings until the late 19th century, by missionaries and other travellers visiting Fiji . </P> <P> Located in the central Pacific Ocean, Fiji's geography has made it both a destination and a crossroads for migrations for many centuries . According to oral tradition, the indigenous Fijians of today are descendants of the chief Lutunasobasoba and those who arrived with him on the Kaunitoni canoe . Landing at what is now Vuda, the settlers moved inland to the Nakauvadra mountains . Though this oral tradition has not been independently substantiated, the Fijian government officially promotes it, and many tribes today claim to be descended from the children of Lutunasobasoba . </P>

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