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The history of Guam starts with the early arrival around 2000 BC of Austronesian people known today as the Chamorro Peoples. The Chamorus then developed a "pre-contact" society, that was colonized by the Spanish in the 17th century.
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Jun 26, 2024 · Guam, island and unincorporated territory of the United States in the North Pacific Ocean, the largest, most populous, and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. It lies about 5,800 miles (9,300 km) west of San Francisco and 1,600 miles (2,600 km) east of Manila.
It was 500 years ago, in 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan’s ships, weary and hungry, pulled up to this island, beginning 300 years of Spanish conquest. Nowadays most Americans, if they know...
Aug 9, 2017 · The tiny western Pacific island of Guam has been a U.S. territory for over a century, and is considered a strategically important link between the U.S. and Asia. Yet given its significance, the...
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History. Pre-Contact era. A map showing the Neolithic Austronesian migrations into the islands of the Indo-Pacific. Guam, along with the Mariana Islands, were the first islands settled by humans in Remote Oceania.
Mar 1, 2023 · Guam is the site of the first Roman Catholic mission and formal European colony in the Pacific islands. In fact, the last 400 years of Guam’s history are marked by administrations of three different colonial powers: Spain, the United States and Japan.
This site provides a basic outline of Guam’s unique history and culture derived from its original native inhabitants, the Chamorro who were on Guam as early as 2,000 B.C. The proud Chamorro culture has survived and flourished to the present day.
