The Spanish ship "San Pedro" and two other vessels in expedition commanded by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi on January 9, discovered an island at 10°N where they went ashore and traded with natives and named it "Los Barbudos" (possibly Mejit). These islands, "Los Jardines," could be Eniwetok or Bikini Atoll. On October 1, he found another group of islands where he went ashore for eight days, exchanged gifts with natives and took on water. These islands, named by him "Los Pintados," may have been Ujelang. He stood off a group of islands from which several natives came off and hurled stones at his ship. On September 21, 1529, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón commanded the Spanish ship "Florida", on his second attempt to recross the Pacific from the Moluccas. ![]() On August 21, he sighted an island at 14°N that they named "San Bartolome" (probably Taongi). Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to see the islands in 1526, commanding the ship "Santa Maria de la Victoria", the only surviving vessel of Loaísa Expedition. People traveled by canoe between islands using traditional stick charts. The Marshall Islands were settled by Micronesians in the 2nd millennium BC. Main article: History of the Marshall Islands In 1986, independence was attained under a Compact of Free Association with the United States. ![]() As of July 2011 the population was 67,182. ![]() The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) /ˈmɑrʃəl ˈaɪləndz/ ( listen) ( Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ), /ɦˠaɦˠʷɜlʲɜpʲanʲ ɦˠaɦˠʷɘrˠɘkɨnʲ mˠaɦˠtʲɜlˠ/ or, is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator.
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