Ancient Guam Era
The Matao Iron Trade Part 3: Appropriation and Entanglement
The matao fashioned the iron they acquired from trading with visiting ship crews into traditional tools, including punches, drills, fish hooks and adze blades. The
Ancient Guam Era
The Matao Iron Trade Part 2: Galleon Trading and Repatriation
Between 1565 and 1665, Guam’s southwest coast received sporadic visits from Spanish vessels, including the first wreck of a trade galleon (San Pablo, 1568), as
Ancient Guam Era
The Matao Iron Trade Part 1: Contact and Commerce
Members of the matao, the highest-ranking strata of Mariana Islands society in the 16th and 17th centuries, carried on the first sustained cultural interaction and
e-Publications
Joseph Paul Gaimard’s 1819 CHamoru/Chamorro Vocabulary
Dr. Alexander M. Kerr of the University of Guam translated Joseph Paul Gaimard’s 1819 glossary of CHamoru words assembled while he was on Guam in
Civic Society
Spanish Coinage in Guam
The early years. A method of barter was in common use by native CHamorus long before the Spaniards arrived in Guam in the 16th century.
Civic Society
Trepang Trade
The 19th century trepang trade was a profit-driven industry throughout the Pacific, most notably in Melanesia and the western Pacific, and lasted as a viable
European Exploration, Trade, and Scientific Studies
Treaty of Zaragoza
The Treaty of Zaragoza was ratified in 1529 between the king of Spain and Emperor Charles V, and João III of Portugal, regarding the areas
European Exploration, Trade, and Scientific Studies
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was ratified by the Crown of Castile and the King of Portugal in 1494. The treaty divided the newly discovered lands
European Exploration, Trade, and Scientific Studies
Pedro Sanchez Pericón
Pedro Sanchez Pericon was the captain of the Spanish galleon San Geronimo (also referred to as San Jerónimo), the ill-fated ship that began the famed
European Exploration, Trade, and Scientific Studies
Luís de Torres
Guam of the late-18th century only had a population of about 2,000. The CHamoru people were in a state of recovery following many years of