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."
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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
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
…states, with some degree of association kept with the United States: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau are independent states in a Compact of Free Association with the US, while the Northern Mariana Islands remain under US jurisdiction, as an unincorporated…
Manila galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex
Village on the Palau Islands, painting by Rudolf Hellgrewe c. 1908
Koror chiefs in 1915
Palau in Japanese mandate