Faikava — A Tongan Literary Journal - 1978 - Issues 1 archive This is probably the earliest

This is probably the earliest illustration to show the sighting of the Pacific Ocean (top left of the image)

-"Florilegium Novum"

-Johan Theodore De Bry

by Thomas Sternhold

The music includes numerous calligraphic initials in red and pale blue

Faikava — A Tongan Literary Journal - 1978 - Issues 1 archive This is probably the earliestReclaiming the Voice: The Tongan Literary Renaissance Faikava A Tongan Literary Journal Edited and published by Barbara Hauofa Government Printer, Nukualofa (Tonga) Issue 1. 1 April 1978 Small Octavo pamphlet The first issue of the first literary journal devoted entirely to Tongan authors, marking a decisive moment in the emergence of a post colonial Pacific literary voice articulated on its own terms. The name Faikava was chosen for its symbolism of