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The British ships Charlotte and Scarborough visited the islands in 1788 under the commands of captains Thomas Gilbert and John Marshall, respectively. [38] The vessels had been part of the First Fleet taking convicts from England to Botany Bay in New South Wales, and were en route to Guangzhou when they passed through the Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands. [39]
The Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), [6] officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), [note 1] is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
This page lists the individual Marshall Islands year pages. It only references years after 1979, when the country gained independence from the United States.
Location of the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific The National Register of Historic Places is a United States federal official list of places and sites considered worthy of preservation. In the Marshall Islands , a country in Micronesia, there are currently 4 listed sites located in three of the 24 atolls that make up the archipelago.
German map of the protectorate (Schutzgebiet) of the Marshall Islands, 1897.Marshall Islands District Administration (Distad) Office, 1978. This article lists the colonial governors of the Marshall Islands, from the establishment of the German colonial presence during the 1885 Carolines Question [1] [2] [3] (as part of German New Guinea), through the American capture of the islands during ...
Marshall Islands history-related lists (6 P) C. Marshallese chiefs (1 C, 12 P) E. Historical events in the Marshall Islands (3 C) S. Historic sites in the Marshall ...
The remaining 11 atolls/islands are currently uninhabited. According to the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the uninhabited atolls/islands Narikrik, Erikub, Jemo, Taka, Bikar, Bokak, Rongrik and Ailinginae shall each be included in the electoral district with which it is most closely associated, pursuant to the customary law or any traditional practice. [2]
Through its history, the atoll symbolises the dawn of the nuclear age, despite its paradoxical image of peace and of earthly paradise. This is the first site from the Marshall Islands to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. [4]