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Pohnpei is a central location in South Sea Adventure (1952), the second of Willard Price's Young Adult Adventure Series books featuring Hal and Roger Hunt. [citation needed] [25] Pohnpei, or "Ponape" as it is spelled, is stated as the home island of "Mike" on the popular blog Dunce Upon A Time, authored by BC Woods. [26]
A map of the Federated States of Micronesia.. The Federated States of Micronesia are located on the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The history of the modern Federated States of Micronesia is one of settlement by Micronesians; colonization by Spain, Germany, and Japan; United Nations trusteeship under United States-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and gradual ...
Pohnpei State (/ ˈ p ɔː n p eɪ /) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Its capital is Kolonia . With an area of 346 miles (557 kilometres), it is the largest state.
Nan Madol, capital of the Saudeleur dynasty. The Saudeleur dynasty (Pohnpeian: Mwehin Sau Deleur, "Period of the Lord of Deleur"; also spelled Chau-te-leur) [1] was the first organized government uniting the people of Pohnpei island, ruling from c. 1100-1200 CE [2] [3] to c. 1628 CE.
Nan Madol was the ceremonial and political seat of the Saudeleur Dynasty, which united Pohnpei's estimated population of 25,000 people until about 1628. [3] Set apart between the main island of Pohnpei and Temwen Island, it was a scene of human activity as early as the first or second century AD.
Petersen (1990) also comments that "initiation of important events in Pohnpei mythology is often ascribed to outsiders," the prime example being Isokelekel and the Saudeleur. [4] The legend of Isokelekel is also used to explain the mixed racial makeup of Pohnpei against its Micronesian background. Isokelekel's party thoroughly settled the ...
Photo of Karl Kammerich, part of the German colonial presence, 1899–1914 (photo 1905–1910). On Pohnpei, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas (Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before ca. 1100); Mwehin Sau Deleur (Period of the Lord of Deleur, ca. 1100 [1] to ca. 1628); [note 1] and Mwehin Nahnmwarki (Period of the Nahnmwarki, ca. 1628 to ca ...
The Japanese Artillery Road and Pohndolap Area are a historic area on Sokehs Island (now actually a peninsula of Pohnpei) in the Federated States of Micronesia.Sokehs has a prominent north-south ridge (known locally as "Pohndolap", overlooking the state capital Kolonia, and was fortified by the Japanese during World War II.