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Settled c.4000 years ago. Claimed by Spain since discovery. Following defeat in the Spanish-American War,
Spain sold her claims
to the Caroline Islands (present-day Micronesia), including the Palau Islands, to
Germany in 1899. From 1914 to 1945 the Caroline
Islands with Palau were under Japanese administration, afterward under U.S. administration,
from 1947 onward as Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands (Caroline Islands with Palau, Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands). When several islands moved to
form the Federated Micronesian State in 1979, Palau did not join. The Republic of Palau was formed in 1981, political
independence achieved in 1994. In 19th century sources referred to as Islas Palaos, Islas Palos or Pelew Islands, in modern sources as Palau or Belau. Timeline : Palau |
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| Social History | Ethnography | History of Religion | Regional History | Local History | Institutions | Culture |
| Biography | Others |
| D o c u m e n t s |
| Historical Data | Documents | Institutions | National Symbols |
| P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
| Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles | Modern |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook,
Countries : Palau from Index Mundi Jane's Palau Home Page |
| Historical |
G. Keate, H. Wilson, An account of the Pelew Islands, 1789, GB |
| Links | General |
from dmoz Category : Palau, from Wikipedia |
| on History |
Category : History of Palau, from Wikipedia |
| Organizations |
Pacific History Association Pacific Islands Museums and Cultural Institutions Association (PIMA) Pacific Islands Study Circle (Philately) |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Archaeopedia New Zealand |
| Timelines |
Timeline, from BBC News |
| Accounts of History |
Article : History of Palau, from Wikipedia History of Palau, from World Rover |
| Politics |
Political Resources on the Web : Palau Governments on the WWW : Palau; Article Politics of Palau, from Wikipedia |
| Military |
| Economy & Finances |
Article Economy of Palau, from Wikipedia |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Palau (4), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Palau |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Palau, from Kirken i Norge |
| Local History |
| Institutions |
Palau, from Airline History Structurae : Palau |
| Culture |
Islas de Palaos, pp.335-336 in vol.4 of Teatro critico universal,
1765, in Spanish, GB |
| Biographies |
G. Keate, J. Wilson, The History of Prince Lee Boo,
son of Abba Thulle, king of the Pelew Islands, brought to England by Captain Wilson, 1823, GB |
| Others |
Oceania Ecoregion, from WWF |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : Palau, by Ben Cahoon |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Political Graveyard : Palau, has incomplete list of U.S. diplomatic chiefs |
| Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Palau, from Population Statistics,
by Jan Lahmeyer |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Search Papers Past
(New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920) Search Newspapers SG (Singapore Newspapers 1831-2006) Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 World History Archives : Micronesia Life Magazine 1936-1972, GB, 81 entries on Palau |
| Modern Newspapers |
| Image Databanks |
Wikimedia Commons License Plates, from Francoplaque; from License Plates of the World Images of Palau, from Pacific Picture Agency Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Image Archive Airline Timetable Images : Palau |
| Archival Deposits |
| Constitutions, Laws |
| Treaties |
| Consular Reports |
| Document Collections |
| Historical Maps |
Palau Maps, from Perry Castaneda Map Collection, UTexas Palau 1:12.500 1946, UTexas |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article : Pelew Islands, pp.350-351 in
vol.16 of The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, 1830, GB Article : Pelew Islands, from EB 1911, posted by Classic Encyclopedia |
| Religious |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
The Pelew Islands, p.953 in W. Guthrie, A new geographical, historical,
and commercial grammar, 1798, GB Pelew Islands, pp.675-681 in vol.2 of A System of Geography, 1807, GB The Pelew Islands, pp.318-319 in E. Parish, A new system of modern geography, 1814, GB Caroline Islands pp.426-427 in vol.3 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1825, GB; treats Pelew Islands as part of the Caroline Islands Pelew Islands, pp.165-166 in H. Murray, The Encyclop©Ądia of Geography, 1837, GB Pelew Islands, pp.1097-1101 in A.G. Findlay, A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, 1851, GB The Pelew Islands, pp.482-483 in H.G. Bohn, A pictorial hand-book of modern geography , 1861, GB |
| Ethnological |
A Description of the Manners, Character and Customs of the Inhabitants of the Pelew Islands, pp.237-240 in vol.1 of R. Phillips,
A general view of the manners, customs and curiosities of nations,
1810, GB The Pelew Islands, pp.323-324 in R. Phillips, J.G. Percival, A geographical view of the world: embracing the manners, customs, and pursuits of every nation, 1826, GB |
| Historical |
| Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
| Tour Guides, Travelogues |
| Institutions | Archives, Musea, Libraries |
Division of Palau National Archives, from ICA Belau National Museum |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW National Anthem, from National Anthems; from David's National Anthem Reference Page |
| Coins, Banknotes |
| Stamps |
| PRINTED REFERENCE |
| Bibliographies |
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde
(Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Brunei (site in German, most titles listed in English;
hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) RHS Bibliography |
| Online Libraries | general |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
Gallica Biblioteca Digital Hispanica; Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |
| on the Palau Islands |
Palau, Digital Micronesia |
| Online Journals | On Oceania |
| Historiography |
Article : Pacific Islands Historiography, by K.R. Howe, pp.685-687, in vol.2 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
| General Accounts | On Oceania |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.25, pp.285-287 Article Pacific Islands : Palau. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.25 |
| On Palau |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Robert D. Craig and Franklin P. King, Historical Dictionary of Oceania, Westport CT : Greenwood 1981 [G] |
| Historical Atlas |
Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific,
London : Penguin 1998, 120 pp. [G] |
| Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] |
