History Of The Marshall Islands

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are still puzzled of what kind of
machinery they had to move such large stones.
The real knowledge we know about the Marshall Islands history began in
the early sixteenth century. The sea going Europeans were trying to find
sources of the Spice Islands that were in very large demand in Europe. English,
Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese sea captains were all sailing around on their hunt
for riches. One of the first people we know of to definitely land on the
Marshall Islands during this time is Ferdinand Magellan. He landed in
Micronesia on his journey to circumnavigate the world. Forty years later in the
1560's after Magellan's voyage Spain claimed most all of the islands in
Micronesia. Spain wasn't really concerned about Micronesia because they were
busy building empires in South America, Central America, and Mexico. For the
most part Micronesia was under loose Spanish control for 300 years.
During those 300 years in 1788 Captain John Marshall named the Marshall
Islands. He ...

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to build airfields and naval bases on the islands. Japan closed the
Marshalls and Micronesia from the rest of the world. To show just how secret
Japan was in 1937 Amelia Earhart was on her famous trip around the world in the
air. She disappeared somewhere in the Japan held Micronesia and has never been
seen since. Many people think that she was short of gas and made a forced
landing on one of the islands. Japan was then upset over what she may have seen
and executed her.
After the Pearl Harbor bombing in 1941 the Marshall Islands became a
very important strategic location in W.W.II. The Japanese used the islands on
their push southward toward Australia, and the U.S. wanted the ...

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