Misima

Misima is a mountainous island in the Louisiade Archipelago, southeast of the New Guinea mainland. Its inhabitants speak an Austronesian language and live among the bays and reefs of the island chain. In 1793 Bruny d’Entrecasteaux’s expedition approached Misima while searching for La Pérouse. At Liak, the French encountered an islander in a canoe, one of the expedition’s recorded meetings with the people of the Louisiades.