Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country located in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands a
Manila galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex
Village on the Palau Islands, painting by Rudolf Hellgrewe c. 1908
Palau in Japanese mandate
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. The Imperial Japanese South Seas Mandate had been sei
Arrival of UN Visiting Mission, Majuro, 1978. The sign reads, "Please release us from the bondage of your trusteeship agreement."