Tuscarora Coast

The Tuvalu sea stretches between scattered coral islands and reefs in the central Pacific. Its communities preserve traditions of settlement from Samoa and contact with Tonga. In 1819 the captain of the Rebecca, Arent de Peyster, sighted Funafuti and Nukufetau; the name Ellice that he bestowed on Funafuti later came to be used for the island group.