Spanish East Indies
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The Spanish East Indies were the colonies of the Spanish Empire in Asia and Oceania from 1565 to 1901, governed through the captaincy general in Manila for the Spanish Crown, initially reporting to Me
Trades in the Manila through the Rio de Pasig.
Infantry army uniforms in the Philippines, 1856
Routes of early Spanish expeditions in the Philippines.
Native Filipino, 1800s.
Caroline Islands
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The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micrones
Rai stones on Yap
"Man and Wife of the 'Pimlingai,' or Slave Class," (1903), photograph by Furness. Illustration from The Island of Stone Money: Uap of the Carolines (1910)
Women fishing with nets, Chuuk (1899–1900)
Manila Galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex