This group is in the South Pacific ocean, situated chiefly between long. 155° and 160° E. lat. 5° and 12° S. Little is known of the precise situation or number of these islands. The longest are Isabel, Guadalcanar, San Cristoval, and an island called New Georgia. The first two are affirmed by the Spaniards to be very large islands; the latter nearly seventy miles in extent. Georgia is still larger, and San Cristoval is not less than sixty. These islands were discovered in 1567.