Guam's Historian

From the Desk of Guam’s Historian

Illustration of the stops along the Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano Circumnavigation Voyage

This is the second in a series from Toni “Malia” Ramirez of Guam’s Department of Parks and Recreation on the first recorded Western contact with the Marianas 500 years ago. The first was an effort to describe the initial encounter; this focuses on the CHamoru language and cultural attributes in contrast to the recorded perspective.