Louisenlund (Bornholm) King Frederik VII when he visited Bornholm in 1851. He named it after his mistress, Countess Louise Danner. Louisenlund (Bornholm) Louisenlund, some east of Østermarie on the Danish island of Bornholm, is a site with one of Denmark's largest collection of megaliths. Some 50 stones standing upright among the trees, many of them over high. Gryet, a similar site in a wood near Bodilsker west of Nexø once had over 60 megaliths but many have now been removed. The megaliths, which bear no inscription, stand on low mounds or over graves where the remains of burnt bones are buried. In
History of the Pacific Islands Pedro Fernandes de Queirós made the first recorded European landing in the islands when he set foot on Rakahanga in 1606, calling it "Gente Hermosa" (Beautiful People). The country is named after British captain Captain James Cook who surveyed and landed on some of the islands between 1774 and 1777. The history of Fiji dates back to ancient times. There are many theories as to how the Fijian race came into existence. Around 1500 BC Fiji was settled by (melaneasion) seafarers. Around 900–600 BC Moturiki Island was settled. By 500 BC, Polynesian seafarers had reached Fiji and intermarried with the