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title	:	Historical Dictionary of Guam and Micronesia Oceanian Historical Dictionaries ; No. 3
author	:	Wuerch, William L.; Ballendorf, Dirk Anthony
publisher	:	Scarecrow Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0810828588
print isbn13	:	9780810828582
ebook isbn13	:	9780585210278
language	:	English
subject	Micronesia--History--Dictionaries, Guam--History--Dictionaries.
publication date	:	1994
lcc	:	DU500.W84 1994eb
ddc	:	996.5/003
subject	:	Micronesia--History--Dictionaries, Guam--History--Dictionaries.

Page i OCEANIAN HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES Edited by Jon Woronoff 1. Australia, by James C. Docherty. 1992. 2. Polynesia, by Robert D. Craig. 1993. 3. GuamandMicronesia, by William Wuerch and Dirk Ballendorf. 1994. 4. PapuaNewGuinea, by Ann Turner. 1994.

Page ii British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication data available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wuerch, William L. Historical dictionary of Guam and Micronesia / by William L. Wuerch and Dirk Anthony Ballendorf p. cm(Oceanian historical dictionaries ; no. 3) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8108-2858-8 (acid-free paper) 1. MicronesiaHistoryDictionaries. 2. GuamHistoryDictionar ies. I. Ballendorf, Dirk Anthony, 1939- . II. Title. III. Series. DU500.W84 1994 996.5'003dc20 94-5672 Copyright 1994 by William L. Wuerch and Dirk Anthony Ballendorf Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper

Page iii Historical Dictionary of Guam and Micronesia by William L. Wuerch and Dirk Anthony Ballendorf OceanianHistoricalDictionaries,No.3 The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., & London

Page iv To Apple And Paca

Page v Contents Editor's Foreword vii Introduction ix Historical Chronology of Guam and Micronesia xv Abbreviations and Acronyms xxiii Maps xxv Island Names xxvii The Dictionary 1 Selected Bibliography 136 About the Authors 172

Page vii Editor's Foreword Micronesia, although located on the other side of the Pacific, is of particular interest to the United States. For, among its seven political entities, three are countries "freely associated" with the United States and two are U.S. territories. The remaining two are independent countries, a status that should become more widespread with time. For that reason, among many others, Micronesia should also interest other nations, including neighbors like Australia and a more distant Japan and those in the Pacific Basin in general. Such interest can take many forms, investment, trade, tourism, and so on. But it should certainly include the intriguing histories and cultures of the region as well as their political institutions and economic potential. While there is some interest in Micronesia already, there should be much more over the coming years. The problem is thus, for those who want to know more, where to seek information about the region. Not enough has been written about Micronesia as a whole or its component parts, and what does exist is not always readily accessible or carefully organized. This HistoricalDictionaryofGuamandMicronesia therefore fills a big gap. It offers a look backward at the past, a look around at the present, and even the basis for a look into the future in an extensive chronology, a solid introduction, and numerous specific entries on persons, places, institutions, events, and so on. It concludes with a very comprehensive bibliography. This volume was written by two men who know Micronesia thoroughly, having lived and taught there for many years. William L. Wuerch is manuscripts librarian at the University of Guam's Micronesian Area Research Center. In addition to several bibliographies, he has written many articles and monographs on Micronesian history. Dirk Anthony Ballendorf is professor of Micronesian studies at the University of Guam's Micronesian Area Research Center and was the center's director for five years. He,

Page viii too, has written extensively on Micronesia and edited GlimpsesMagazine. Their knowledge and experience combined to produce an extremely useful guide to a part of the world that deserves to be better known. JON WORONOFF SERIES EDITOR

Page ix Introduction Micronesia is a collection of island groups in the northwest Pacific Ocean comprised of five major clusters: the Marianas, Carolines, Marshalls, the Gilbert Islands, and Nauru. Their general location is from five degrees, twenty minutes north latitude, and from 130 to 180 degrees east longitude. Their total land and sea area is approximately the size of the United States, although the total land area would come to about one half of the state of Rhode Island or approximately the same size as the European Principality of Liechtenstein. If Micronesia were superimposed on a map of Europe and Asia, it would stretch from London to Tehran.

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