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With its 11,488 people Cook Islands is the 219th largest country in the world by population. It is the 211th largest country by area with 236 square kilometers. Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965, residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The emigration of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are continuing problems.
Check out the recommended reading list below for great sources of information on Cook Islands.
Cook Islands Travel Map (varying scales)
ITM Canada
Papa Mike's Cook Islands Handbook, 3rd Edition
Mike Hollywood
Lonely Planet Rarotonga & the Cook Islands
Errol Hunt
Papa Mike's Cook Islands Handbook second edition
Mike Hollywood
The Islands of the South Pacific: Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, the Marquesas, the Cook Islands, Tonga & Beyond (Travel Adventures)
Thomas Booth
Moon Tahiti
David Stanley
Lonely Planet Rarotonga & the Cook Islands (Country Guide)
Oliver Berry
Lonely Planet Rarotonga & the Cook Islands (4th ed)
Nancy Keller
Lonely Planet Rarotonga and the Cook Islands (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit)
Tony Wheeler
Frommer's South Pacific: Including Tahiti, Fiji, & the Cook Islands (5th ed)
Bill Goodwin
