Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: Maritim
Tarawa Atoll
Beach scenery at Laura, Majuro, Marshall Islands
Image of the Castle Bravo nuclear test, detonated on 1 March 1954, at Bikini Atoll
Guam is an island that is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, and the most populous village
The reception of the Manila galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, c. 1590 Boxer Codex
1819 depiction of a group of Chamorus fishing for a village
The main street of Hagåtña c. 1899–1900.
U.S. Marines raise the American Flag over the Marine barracks, July 1944.