Ihe akaebe na-egosi na ihe dị ka afọ 3,000 gara aga, ebili mmiri nke ndị mmadụ si n'Ebe Ndịda Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Eshia gbasaa gafee Western Pacific Ocean, na-ebi n'ọtụtụ obere agwaetiti ya. Ndị Micronesians biri na Marshall Islands na puku afọ nke abụọ BC. Amachaghị banyere akụkọ ihe mere eme nke agwaetiti ahụ. Ndị mbido mbụ gara njem n'etiti agwaetiti site na canoe na-eji eserese osisi ọdịnala. Onye nchọpụta Spanish bụ Alonso de Salazar rutere ebe ahụ na 1526, a bịara mara agwaetiti ahụ dị ka "Los Pintados" ("The Painted (Ones)", ikekwe na-ezo aka na ndị obodo mbụ hụrụ ebe ahụ), "Las Hermanas" ("The Sisters") na "Los Jardines" ("The Gardens") n'ime Alaeze Ukwu Spanish. Ọ dabara na ikike nke Viceroyalty nke New Spain, ma na-elekọta ya site na General Captaincy nke Latin America, mgbe ahụ, na-amalite na 1821.
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