Editing Ophir (section)

====Solomon Islands====
After their discovery by Europeans in 1568 by Spanish navigator [[Álvaro de Mendaña]], the [[Solomon Islands]] were subsequently referred to as ''Islas Salomón'' (Solomon Islands) by others following reports of his voyage optimistically conflated with stories of King Solomon, believing them to be Ophir.<ref>{{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 |access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1978/apr/27/solomon-islands-bill-hl |work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |date=27 April 1978 |title=Lord GORONWY-ROBERTS, speaking in the House of Lords, HL Deb 27 April 1978 vol 390 cc2003-19 |access-date=19 November 2014}}</ref><ref>HOGBIN, H. In, ''Experiments in Civilization: The Effects of European Culture on a Native Community of the Solomon Islands'', New York: Schocken Books, 1970</ref>