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Spanish East Indies

  • Spanish–American WarIn 1895, Cuban nationalists launched a three-pronged invasion of the island to end Spanish rule. The plan called for one group from Santo Domingo led by…
  • Federated States of MicronesiaThe Federated States of Micronesia stretches across 2,900 kilometers of the western Pacific Ocean. This island nation comprises 607 individual islands and…
  • Caroline IslandsThe Caroline Islands form a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean. They sit to the north of New Guinea and span a…
  • PhilippinesThe first human bones found in the Philippines date back 709,000 years to a site now known as Callao Cave. These remains suggest an unknown species of early…