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as to land, they stole very quickly the small boat called a skiff which was fastened to the poop of the captain's ship. At which he, being very angry, went ashore with forty armed men. And burning some forty or fifty houses with several boats and killing seven men of the said island, they recovered their skiff.
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and Chinese tourists. There are several large tour operators in Saipan that cater to Asian tourists coming into the island. By far, the majority of tourism in the Northern Marianas is in Guam. Several flights a day land in Guam, mostly in the early hours between 1:00 AM and 3:30 AM. With the close of
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on Tinian. The pillars/columns are called latte (pronounced læ'di) stones, a common architectural element of prehistoric structures in the Mariana Islands, upon which elevated buildings were built. Earthquakes had toppled the other latte at this site by the time this photo was taken; an earthquake in
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in the early 16th century, were the first Europeans to arrive; eventually, Spain annexed and colonized the archipelago, establishing their capital on the largest island, Guam. The Marianas were the first islands Magellan encountered after traversing the Pacific from the southern tip of South America.
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And the captain-general wished to approach the largest of these three islands to replenish his provisions. But it was not possible, for the people of those islands entered the ships and robbed us so that we could not protect ourselves from them. And when we wished to strike and take in the sails so
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Archeological studies of human activity on the islands have revealed pottery with red-slipped, circle-stamped and punctate-stamped designs found in the Mariana Islands dating from between 1500 and 1400 BC. These artifacts show similar aesthetics to pottery found in Northern and Central Philippines,
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have failed in part due to residual post-war tensions resulting from the very different histories of Guam (occupied by Japan for only 31 months, in wartime) and the Northern Mariana Islands (more peacefully occupied by Japan, for about 30 years).
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itself (the ancestral branch of the Polynesian migrations) is younger than the first settlement of the Marianas (the earliest Lapita artifacts are dated to around 1350 to 1300 BCE), indicating that they originated from separate migration voyages.
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and carries trapped water under the Mariana plate as it does so. This water is super-heated as the plate is carried farther downward and results in the volcanic activity which has formed the arc of Mariana Islands above this
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in 1919, Germany was stripped of all her colonies worldwide, including the Palau, Caroline, Northern Mariana and Marshall Islands. By international agreement, these were all placed into trusteeship under the management of
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The island chain geographically consists of two subgroups, a northern group of ten volcanic main islands, all are currently uninhabited; and a southern group of five coralline limestone islands (Rota, Guam,
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system and range in age from 5 million years old in the north to 30 million years old in the south (Guam). The islands are formed as the highly dense and very old western edge of the
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Hung, Hsiao-chun; Carson, Mike T.; Bellwood, Peter; Campos, Fredeliza Z.; Piper, Philip J.; Dizon, Eusebio; Bolunia, Mary Jane Louise A.; Oxenham, Marc; Chi, Zhang (2015).
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system, and range in age from 5 million years old in the north to 30 million years old in the south (Guam). The island chain arose as a result of the western edge of the
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Laguana, Andrew; Kurashina, Hiro; Carson, Mike T.; Peterson, John A.; Bayman, James M.; Ames, Todd; Stephenson, Rebecca A.; Aguon, John; Harya Putra, Ir. D.K. (2012).
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The first Europeans to see the island group were a Spanish expedition, who on March 6, 1521, observed a string of islands and sailed between two of them during a
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According to Werner Gruhl: "Mariana Island historians estimate that 10 percent of Guam's approximately 20,000 population were killed by violence, most by the
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Geology of the west Pacific in the area of the Mariana Islands. The Mariana Islands are at map-right, east of the Philippine Sea and just west of the
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The islands were a popular port of call for British and American whaling ships in the 19th century. The first such visit on record was that of the
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has been credited as the site of the Spanish landing. As confirmation, a scholarly study of the navigator's diary, now kept in preservation in the
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Nevertheless, DNA analyses also show close genetic relationships between ancient settlers of the Marianas and early Lapita settlers in the
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and certain species are indigenous to both island groups. The climate though damp is healthy, while the heat, being tempered by the
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The Mariana Islands have a total land area of 1,008 km (389 sq mi). They are composed of two administrative units:
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that extends 1,565 miles (2,519 km) from Guam to near Japan. Geographically, the Marianas are part of a larger region called
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4,100,000 at the time). The Northern Marianas and other island groups were incorporated by Germany as a small part of the larger
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Where the whalers went: an index to the Pacific ports and islands by American whalers (and some other ships) in the 19th century
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The reasons for these changes is still unclear, but it is believed that it may have resulted from a third wave of migrants from
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The Philippine Islands, A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social, and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago
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Vilar, Miguel G.; Chan, Chim W; Santos, Dana R; Lynch, Daniel; Spathis, Rita; Garruto, Ralph M; Lum, J Koji (January 2013).
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and Micronesia, including the Northern Mariana Islands, and held them through the end of the war. Under the terms of the
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Regardless of where they landed, the Spanish ships arrived in Guam and were unable to get fresh food as the inhabitants,
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settlement of the rest of Remote Oceania. They were first settled around 1500 to 1400 BCE by migrants departing from the
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Pigafetta also described the boats the inhabitants used, including the sail shaped like a "lateen sail" (actually the
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Pugach, Irina; Hübner, Alexander; Hung, Hsiao-chun; Meyer, Matthias; Carson, Mike T.; Stoneking, Mark (2020-12-21).
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The majority of islands in the Marianas still retain their indigenous names ending in the letters -an; for example,
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When Spanish settlement started on 14 June 1668, they were subordinate to the Mexican colony (soon viceroyalty) of
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The period 900 to 1700 CE of the Marianas, immediately before and during the Spanish colonization, is known as the
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and also of the Philippines, from where species of plants have been introduced. Owing to the moistness of the soil
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The encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars: a political, social, and military history
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Common dishes in the Mariana Islands include red rice, meat or poultry on the grill or in coconut milk, chicken
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at around the first millennium CE. This brought new pottery styles, languages, genes, and the hybrid Polynesian
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are numerous, as are also most kinds of grasses. On most of the islands there is a plentiful supply of water.
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being launched for that reason in June before the U.S. even moved to recapture Guam; a month later the U.S.
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the garment industries in the Northern Marianas, tourism has grown slowly and is now a major part of the
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The fauna of the Marianas, though inferior in number and variety, is similar in character to that of the
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came under the control of the United States in the same way they had earlier come under the control of
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The Marianas and specifically the island of Guam were a stopover for Spanish galleons en route from
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could no longer effectively control and protect the nearly 6,000 islands it retained throughout
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on Saipan and Tinian from November 1944 to February 1945. At the same time and afterwards, the
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1902 toppled the one seen on the left, and today only the one on the right remains standing.
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The direct result of World War II on the Mariana Islands was that, after the war, the
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is likely to have been the first island in Oceania to have been settled by humans.
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The Marianas also later established contact with and received migrations from the
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after World War I. However, this time they became part of the U.S.-administered
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talks a terrified Chamorro woman and her children into abandoning their refuge.
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under the command of Ferdinand Magellan. Historically, the southern village of
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to Guam in October 1799. The last known visit was made by the American whaler
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Jesuits at the Margins: Missions and Missionaries in the Marianas (1668-1769)
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against the Japanese cities of military and industrial importance, including
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strongly support an ancestry from the Philippines. Genetic analysis of pre-
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as they finally put mainland Japan within a round-trip range of American
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production, modestly increasing the population of a few of the islands.
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were introduced in the islands, which caused many deaths in the native
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Office of the Governor
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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A stamp from the Marianas' late Spanish colonial period, 1898–1899
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comprising the summits of fifteen longitudinally oriented, mostly
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to sell the Northern Marianas and its other remaining islands to
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population. The native population, who referred to themselves as
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subfamily of the languages found in the rest of Remote Oceania.
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The Mariana Islands were the first islands settled by humans in
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The island chain saw significant fighting during World War II.
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Spanish expeditions, beginning with one by Portuguese explorer
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Comparative and historical linguistics also indicate that the
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Marianas, an archipelago in the north-western Pacific Ocean
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there and in 1668 gave the islands the official title of
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The Mariana Islands are the southern part of a submerged
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and, at the southern end of the chain, the territory of
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region, just east of the island chain, forms the noted
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Landing Beaches; Aslito/Isely Field; & Marpi Point
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Weakened from its defeat in the Spanish–American War,
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to the United States. Guam has been separate from the
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Nowell, C. E. (1962). "Antonio Pigafetta's account".
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The Mariana Islands are shown, with the territory of
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paste wrapped in banana leaf), and tropical fruits.
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Vol. XIV (9th ed.). pp. 278–280. 1206:until 1898, when, as a result of its loss in the 8232: 1990:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( 1336:, a possession of the United States since 1898, 873:agriculture, which is unique in the pre-contact 449:moving westward and plunging downward below the 290:The fruits found there saved the survivors from 2188:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1911:List of mammals of the Northern Mariana Islands 1112:Research in the archipelago was carried out by 612:List of mammals of the Northern Mariana Islands 398:, is near the islands and is named after them. 2797: 519:Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests 5497: 5361:National Register of Historic Places listings 4915: 4698:Chudang Palii Japanese WWII Defensive Complex 3963: 3743: 2856: 1906:List of birds of the Northern Mariana Islands 1901:List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands 1493:following its exit from the TTPI pursuant to 1354:captured the Mariana Islands chain from Japan 1155:were exiled to Guam, including the father of 1014:formally claimed them, established a regular 608:List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands 2783:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 2108:Zotomayor, Alexie Villegas (12 March 2013). 1978:"Pacific Ocean – Geology of Mariana Islands" 1297:which assigned them to Japan as the Class C 949:Spanish expedition of world circumnavigation 2872:Vehicle license plates of the United States 2410:. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. 904:("house") closely resembles the Sumba word 394:The lowest point on the Earth's crust, the 8039:Ancient Shipwreck Museum at Kyrenia Castle 7986:International Congress of Maritime Museums 7966:Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology 7258: 5504: 5490: 4922: 4908: 3970: 3956: 3750: 3736: 2863: 2849: 2531: 2356: 2354: 1935:Zotomayor, Alexie Villegas (11 Mar 2013). 1255:German-Spanish Treaty of February 12, 1899 682:plunges downward to form the floor of the 43: 8266:Geography of the Northern Mariana Islands 8099: 8054:National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology 4733:Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Sugar Mill 2820: 2720:Pascal Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: 2676:Imperial Japan's World War Two, 1931–1945 2401: 2399: 2397: 2294: 2237: 2219: 2209: 2199: 2132: 2107: 2092: 1194:A 1901 stamp from the German-era Marianas 857:pillars capped with another stone called 4166:Marianas Trench Marine National Monument 2769: 2705:(Aug. 10, 2013) Annie's Chamorro Kitchen 2317: 2311: 2177: 2175: 2101: 1844: 1384:'s islands were used extensively by the 1312: 1189: 1080:two rows of massive square stone columns 1001: 921: 757: 693: 301: 8024:Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology 2800:Prefecture Apostolic of Mariana Islands 2607: 2584: 2578: 2351: 2007: 2005: 2003: 2001: 1886:Apostolic Prefecture of Mariana Islands 1176:Loss from Spain and split in governance 1143:, Philippines in a convoy known as the 14: 8233: 7976:European Association of Archaeologists 4764:Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha complex 3758:Vehicle registration plates of Oceania 2724:Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972 2641: 2635: 2569: 2522:PBS (documentary). Accessed June 2012. 2473: 2405: 2394: 2138: 2070: 2068: 2066: 1483:Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1469:Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1348:that began on the day of the Japanese 1094:were found embedded in the capitals. 1090:. According to early Spanish accounts 1034:ruling during the minority of her son 8098: 7257: 7232:Pompey's campaign against the pirates 7190: 7060: 7059: 6442: 6044: 5523: 5511: 5485: 4929: 4903: 3951: 3731: 2844: 2589:. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2532:de la Rosa, Alexandre Coello (2015). 2262: 2172: 1881:Rail transport on the Mariana Islands 1402:an intense strategic bombing campaign 1234:leaders were exiled to Guam in 1901. 1204:general government of the Philippines 565:Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands 2808:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 2363:"Estorian i latte: A story of latte" 2120:from the original on 21 October 2022 1998: 1773: 1462: 1253:. Therefore, Spain entered into the 7971:Archaeological Institute of America 5366:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña 4669:Unai Lagua Japanese Defense Pillbox 2739:, xxxiv., xxxv. (London, 1865–1866) 2448:from the original on 17 August 2020 2063: 1245:, including the Northern Marianas, 549:1,036 km (400 sq mi) 274:The indigenous inhabitants are the 24: 8276:Archipelagoes of the United States 5383:(Shared with the Northern islands) 4794:Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral 2408:Magellan's Voyage Around the World 2013:"The Atlas of Global Conservation" 1943:from the original on 16 March 2017 1509: 1420:, and others. Both US bombers the 25: 8287: 7981:Institute of Nautical Archaeology 7371:Coastal defence and fortification 6746:Roman circumnavigation of Britain 6046:Navigation, and ports and harbors 4854:NMI Museum of History and Culture 2814: 2802:". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). 2275:American Journal of Human Biology 1400:based on these islands conducted 1271:German Protectorate of New Guinea 372:Commonwealth of the United States 8215: 8081: 8006:Society for American Archaeology 7240: 7173: 7042: 6425: 6027: 4664:Unai Achugao Archaeological Site 2787: 2757: 2572:Voyage round the World, book iii 1833:Amateur radio operators conduct 1777: 1198:The Marianas remained a Spanish 481: 154: 27:Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean 7438:Phoenician discovery of America 4618:Japanese 20mm Cannon Blockhouse 2689: 2679:, Transaction Publishers, 2007 2667: 2658: 2626: 2601: 2563: 2552:from the original on 2023-09-25 2525: 2494:from the original on 2023-09-25 2467: 2430: 2383:from the original on 2021-04-24 2340:from the original on 2019-04-12 2161:from the original on 2021-04-24 2114:Marianas Variety News and Views 2052:from the original on 2020-09-27 1495:Security Council Resolution 683 1485:(TTPI) established pursuant to 1392:. In response, Japanese forces 1308: 1222:since this time. Following the 912:Spanish exploration and control 743:is most closely related to the 405:(the indigenous name of Guam), 7130:Periplus of the Erythraean Sea 5381:Cuisine of the Mariana Islands 3776:Federated States of Micronesia 2034: 1970: 1955: 1928: 1855:Cuisine of the Mariana Islands 1487:Security Council Resolution 21 853:). These were composed of the 219:mountains in the northwestern 13: 1: 8049:Museum of Ancient Ships, Pisa 6724:Phoenician maritime expansion 4774:Unai Dangkulo Petroglyph Site 1916: 1837:to the Islands at intervals. 1398:United States Army Air Forces 935: 659: 604:Marianas tropical dry forests 476:Marianas tropical dry forests 7991:Nautical Archaeology Society 5415:Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz‎ 4718:Japanese Coastal Defense Gun 4561:Tinian International Airport 4551:Saipan International Airport 4477:Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr-Sr HS 1921: 1896:Marianas tropical dry forest 1522: 1519: 1516: 1022:, in honor of Spanish Queen 297: 7: 8044:Museum of Ancient Seafaring 7421:Temple of Poseidon, Sounion 7227:Kidnapping of Julius Caesar 7084:Indus–Mesopotamia relations 6443: 5524: 2696:"Apigigi' or Sweet Tamales" 2570:George, Lord Anion (1748). 1934: 1874: 1070:. 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(2012). 1852: 1840: 1769: 1523:Municipality or territory 1466: 1179: 1064:Spanish occupation in 1668 993:Islas de las Velas Latinas 915: 670:The islands are part of a 663: 654: 601: 468: 437:The islands are part of a 432: 358:(including the islands of 29: 8213: 8105: 8094: 8079: 8014: 7956: 7759: 7743: 7491: 7426:Samothrace temple complex 7361: 7316: 7275: 7268: 7264: 7253: 7238: 7197: 7186: 7171: 7069: 7055: 7040: 6993: 6946: 6799: 6766: 6759: 6697: 6498: 6455: 6451: 6438: 6423: 6142: 6055: 6051: 6040: 6025: 5977: 5912: 5849: 5734: 5703: 5536: 5532: 5519: 5448: 5390: 5278: 5203: 5095: 5006: 4953: 4941: 4846: 4811: 4786: 4751: 4690: 4585: 4576: 4569: 4543: 4526:Northern Marianas College 4518: 4452: 4445: 4405: 4384: 4218: 4211: 4178: 4153: 4055: 4046: 4001: 3989: 3867: 3844: 3763: 3217: 3192:Other registration plates 3191: 3153: 3139: 2878: 2644:The Philippine Revolution 2538:. Routledge. p. 56. 2480:. 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(2012). 1813:is split mainly between 1475:Northern Mariana Islands 1346:Northern Mariana Islands 1186:Northern Mariana Islands 1030:and Queen Regent of the 705:into the islands of the 616:All the islands, except 356:Northern Mariana Islands 261:Northern Mariana Islands 211:, are a crescent-shaped 129:Northern Mariana Islands 55:Northern Mariana Islands 32:Northern Mariana Islands 8261:Geography of Micronesia 8251:Former Spanish colonies 7996:RPM Nautical Foundation 7733:Surviving ancient ships 7652:Marsala Punic shipwreck 5403:Andersen Air Force Base 4869:Garapan Heritage Trail 4743:Rota Latte Stone Quarry 4713:Dugi Archeological Site 4703:Chugai' Pictograph Site 3887:Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2833:Encyclopædia Britannica 2827:"Ladrone Islands"  2780:Encyclopædia Britannica 2416:2027/mdp.39015008001532 2211:10.1073/pnas.2022112118 1276:Japan, allied with the 1224:Philippine–American War 1042:from the Americas, new 1028:King Philip IV of Spain 776:whole genome sequencing 703:Austronesian migrations 674:structure known as the 487:Tropical dry forest on 350:United States territory 8029:Giza Solar boat museum 7483:Underwater exploration 7478:Underwater archaeology 7443:Pre-Columbian theories 7298:John Sinclair Morrison 7259:Research and education 6709:Austronesian Expansion 5456:Guam Memorial Hospital 5258:Elective Governor Acts 5228:1856 smallpox epidemic 3204:Native American tribes 2744:Karolinen und Marianen 2730:Voyage autour du monde 1963:The CIA World Factbook 1850: 1817:, Japanese, American, 1453:Japanese Imperial Army 1386:United States military 1350:attack on Pearl Harbor 1344:in an attack from the 1329: 1195: 1007: 985: 944: 768: 749:Austronesian languages 709: 311: 204: 8100:Legend and literature 8058:Viking ship museums: 8034:Grand Egyptian Museum 7794:Austronesian replicas 7769:Heyerdahl expeditions 7679:Caligula's Giant Ship 7539:Dover Bronze Age Boat 6201:Berenice Troglodytica 5398:Joint Region Marianas 5269:Guam v. 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Marianas Variety. 1434:dropped atomic bombs 1290:Treaty of Versailles 1208:Spanish–American War 815:Bismarck Archipelago 795:Bismarck Archipelago 718:Austronesian peoples 229:21st parallels north 8271:Spanish East Indies 7094:Maritime Jade Route 6247:Kaveri Poompattinam 5466:Naval Hospital Guam 5435:Naval Hospital Guam 5243:Japanese occupation 5160:Mongmong-Toto-Maite 4864:Sugar Dock (Saipan) 4847:Museums and History 4838:Television stations 4633:Japanese Lighthouse 4097:Farallon de Pajaros 3183:U.S. Virgin Islands 2642:Mabini, A. (1969). 2046:World Wildlife Fund 1604:Farallon de Pajaros 1360:bases to reach the 1107:Spanish East Indies 963:, and not Guam and 791:Australo-Melanesian 626:Farallon de Pajaros 580:Critical/Endangered 576:Conservation status 370:), which make up a 322:, situated between 310:in the ocean floor. 233:145th meridian east 97: /  39: 7642:Bajo de la Campana 7344:Peter Throckmorton 7329:Jean-Yves Empereur 7303:William L. Rodgers 7124:Maritime Silk Road 4655:(Laderan Banadero) 4483:Saipan Southern HS 2737:Nautical Magazsile 2732:(Paris, 1826–1844) 2722:Über die Marianen. 2701:2014-12-03 at the 2518:2017-09-04 at the 2287:10.1002/ajhb.22349 2194:(1): e2022112118. 1851: 1789:. You can help by 1394:attacked the bases 1366:invasion of Saipan 1330: 1299:South Seas Mandate 1196: 1172:in February 1904. 1149:1872 Cavite mutiny 1024:Mariana of Austria 1008: 991:), hence the name 945: 769: 710: 439:geologic structure 312: 287:Ferdinand Magellan 269:Mariana of Austria 247:, demarcating the 243:, and east of the 37: 8256:Geography of Guam 8228: 8227: 8224: 8223: 8090: 8089: 8077: 8076: 7697:Madrague de Giens 7416:Temple of Isthmia 7412:Maritime temples 7398:Marine navigation 7357: 7356: 7349:Shelley Wachsmann 7339:J. 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Marianas
Northern Mariana Islands

Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
16°42′N 145°47′E / 16.70°N 145.78°E / 16.70; 145.78
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
/ˌmæriˈɑːnə/
MARR-ee-AH-nə
Chamorro
archipelago
dormant volcanic
Pacific Ocean
12th
21st parallels north
145th meridian east
Hawaii
New Guinea
Philippines
Philippine Sea
Oceanic
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
Mariana of Austria
Chamorro people
Tinian
Ferdinand Magellan
scurvy

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