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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. The present American rule of the island began with the 1898 Spanish–American War.
The Battle of Guam (21 July–10 August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese from the United States in the First Battle of Guam in 1941 during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
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 of Guam...
5 days ago · Geographical and historical treatment of Guam, including maps and statistics as well as a survey of its people, economy, and government.
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Dec 21, 2022 · A complete history of Guam. by. Carano, Paul. Publication date. 1964. Topics. Guam -- History. Publisher. Rutland, Vt., C. E. Tuttle.
On Wednesday, March 6, 1521, as the sun began to rise over the western Pacific Ocean, a tired and hungry seaman on the dawn watch of Magellan’s flagship Trinidad saw a silent blue shore materialize out of the dark haze on the northwestern horizon off the ship’s starboard bow. It appeared to be a high island.
