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Japanese settlement.
Discovered would mean, found inhabited Yap, one of the many islands in Micronesia was one of the first empires, with historical myths and tales of the creation of mankind in the land and island of Gagil, one of the central islands of Yap. The story includes that from Yap the rest of the world was inhabited thousands of years ago. However in historical tomes between 300 and 1200 BC small groups of Polynesians (from Marquesas and Tahiti) discovered several islands of southeastern Micronesia. One group reached the Caroline islands and settled there, mixing with the local population. The first Europeans to again discover Micronesia was the Spanish fleet of Magellan, on the first circumnavigation of the world in 1521
The low islands of Micronesia were formed by coral.
Polynesians, mainly from Samoa have reached most of the Micronesian island groups, but passed on, as they preferred bigger islands. The first European who reached Micronesia in 1521 was the Portuguese explorer Magellan - but commanding a Spanish fleet in search of an alternate seaway to the spice islands (now Indonesia) The Spanish regularly sailed through Micronesia between their colonies Mexico and Manila but never settled there until 1668 when they founded a colony on Guam
Settled.
small islands...its because theres thousands of islands in micronesia..but only 4 states of FSM
Micronesia consists of thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are not politically connected to any continent, but are sometimes associated with Australia.
they settled on their islands at about the same time
what is Micronesia
The three groups of the Pacific Islands are: Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia Hope that answers your question!
Micronesia is thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
The island that lies north of Melanesia is Micronesia, an island region in the western Pacific Ocean. Micronesia is composed of thousands of small islands and is divided into several countries, including the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands.