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The British ships Charlotte and Scarborough visited the islands in 1788 under the commands of captains Thomas Gilbert and John Marshall, respectively. [38] The vessels had been part of the First Fleet taking convicts from England to Botany Bay in New South Wales, and were en route to Guangzhou when they passed through the Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands. [39]
The Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), [6] officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), [note 1] is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The Marshall Islands were initially settled by Micronesians possibly up to 4,000 years ago. [77] [78] Very little is known of the islands' early history. [77] [78] They were sighted in 1529 by the Spanish navigator Alvaro Saavedra Cerón, [78] and several Spanish ships went on to visit them that century. [79]
Schematic overview of Majuro. Majuro Atoll consists of over 60 islands, three of which are larger than 0.5 km 2 (0.2 sq mi). [3] At the western end of the atoll, about 50 kilometers (30 mi) from Delap-Uliga-Djarrit (DUD) by road, is the island community of Laura, an expanding residential area with a popular beach. [4]
Marshall Islands history-related lists (6 P) C. Marshallese chiefs (1 C, 12 P) E. Historical events in the Marshall Islands (3 C) S. Historic sites in the Marshall ...
German New Guinea (German: Deutsch-Neuguinea) consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups and was the first part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory, called Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, became a German protectorate in 1884. Other island groups were added subsequently.
Away from the areas over which Spain successfully asserted its sovereignty, on October 15, 1885, the commander of the German gunboat Nautilus declared the still independent Marshall Islands to be a German protectorate. [10] [5]: 342 In also taking Nauru (1888), Germany had secured control of all the islands south and west of the Carolines. In ...
Category: History of the Marshall Islands by period. ... Years in the Marshall Islands (5 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 29 July 2019, at 06:15 (UTC). Text ...