Editing Solomon (section)

==Places==
The [[Solomon Islands]], a country and archipelago in [[Melanesia]], were named for King Solomon by the Spanish navigator [[Álvaro de Mendaña]], who became  the first European to see the islands in 1568.<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>