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M icronesia is a sub-region and is part of the Oceania States of Micronesia and the
of Western Pacific, ecozone. Micronesia began to Republic of Palau), creat-

comprising thousands of small be settled several millennia ago, ing the Spanish East Indies,

islands. It has a shared cultural although there are competing which was governed from

history with two other island re- theories about the origin and the Spanish Philippines. In

gions, Polynesia to the east and arrival of the first settlers. The 1819, the American Board of

Melanesia to the south. There earliest known contact with Eu- Commissioners for Foreign

are four main archipelagos ropeans occurred in 1521, when Missions - a Protestant

along with numerous outlying Ferdinand Magellan reached group - brought their Puri-

islands. Micronesia is divided the Marianas. tan ways to Polynesia. Soon

politically into five sovereign I n the early 17th century after, the Hawaiian Mission-
states, the Federated States of Spain colonized Guam, the ary Society was founded,
Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall and sent missionaries into

Islands, Nauru, and Palau, and Northern Marianas, and the Micronesia. Conversion was

three U.S. territories. The region Caroline Islands (what would not met with as much op-

has a tropical marine climate, later become the Federated position.