An image of Hagåtña, Guam in 1902.
SummaryAn image of Hagåtña, Guam in 1902. The image and dozens of others were recently donated to the Guam Museum by Mr. John Crandall. The
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280 years ago, on August 22, 1742, Lord George Anson visited Tinian and was fascinated by the "flying proas," Chamorro canoes that "may run twenty miles an hour for they passed our ships like a bird flying
Lord George Anson visited Tinian and was fascinated by the "flying proas"
280 years ago, on August 22, 1742, Lord George Anson visited Tinian and was fascinated by the “flying proas,” Chamorro canoes that “may run twenty miles an hour for they passed our ships like a bird flying.” Anson captured a CHamoru såkman and had a detailed design of it created prior to ordering the boat destroyed.
His crew made camp near the House of Tåga, the largest known latte site in the Marianas, as seen in this print.
Anson found Tinian to be “exquisitely furnished with the conveniences of life” but was “entirely destitute of inhabitants.”
After the Chamorros were subdued in 1695, the inhabitants of Saipan and Tinian were relocated to Guam, and these northern islands remained uninhabited for about 100 years.
An Amazing Treasure: Walking Stick
Summary’An amazing treasure’: Walking stick gifted to President Roosevelt in 1937 push for Guam citizenship is back on island ‘An amazing treasure’: Walking stick gifted
From 1954-1992, the Guam Museum was housed in the Garden House in the Plaza de Espåña in our island’s capital Hagåtña
SummaryFrom 1954-1992, the Guam Museum was housed in the Garden House in the Plaza de Espåña in our island’s capital Hagåtña. Tens of thousands of