1521 Explorer Magellan makes historic landing on Guam Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan navigates around the world and makes a port call in Guam on March 6, 1521. It was the first contact Europeans had with the island of Guam and an important stop during the expedition that had begun in ...
Guam, the largest island in Micronesia, is fifteen hundred miles southeast of Tokyo and six thousand miles west of San Francisco. It has an area of 212 square miles, (550 square kilometers). A high limestone plateau forms the northern regions. The southern region is of volcanic origin, with...
"Ferdinand Magellan's fateful landfall on Guam, the first inhabited Pacific island known to Europeans, ushered in the age of European exploration in the Pacific and led inexorably to foreign domination of every traditional island society throughout Oceania. In the centuries after Magellan's landing ...
For a small country, Guam is jam-packed with history. Learn all about the Chamorro peoples history and culture and plan your next trip today!
About Guam Located in the heart of the Western Pacific, Guam is an island territory of the United States, the largest of the Mariana and Micronesian islands, and home to some of the warmest people in the world. Known for its white sand beaches and crystal clear ocean waters, Guam is a ...
Rights on the Island of Guam, 1899-1950,the Navy cited, among other things, “the racial problems of that locality” and asserted that “these people have not yet reached a state of development commensurate with the personal independence, obligations, and responsibilities of United States ...
have helped shape the history of our island and Guam society. The more complicated answer lies in the realization that many people from Guam, including lifelong residents and seasoned instructors of Guam history classes, are unable to name more than a handful of women in our island’s history....
Wake Island- an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii Wake Battle of Wake,Battle of Wake Island- in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines ...
Fritts TH, Rodda GH (1998) The role of introduced species in the degradation of island ecosystems: a case history of Guam. Ann Rev Ecol Syst 39:113–140Fritts TH, Rodda GH (1998) The role of introduced species in the deg- radation of island ecosystems: a case history of Guam. Annu ...
Columbus named the island after the Spanish sanctuary Santa Maria de Guadalupe de Estremadura. Location and Geography. Guadeloupe is an archipelago of eight inhabited islands in the Lesser Antilles, between the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea. The two principal islands, Basse-Terre and Gra...