| Waterborne commerce, vital to any archipelago, was conducted in crude sailing craft. |
| History suggests that unifying the archipelago administratively can only be done by the use of force. |
| During the 32-year long kleptocratic rule of the authoritarian president Soeharto the huge Indonesian archipelago was ruled from Jakarta. |
| The mission involved a patrol to the northern-most extremity of the Solomon archipelago, to a picturesque atoll called Ontong Java. |
| The geography of the Philippine archipelago forced the Army and Navy to collaborate on amphibious operations. |
| Alternative staples such as foxtail millet, Job's tears, taro, yams and sago played a more important role in other parts of the archipelago. |
