History + Geopolitics on Instagram: "Around 2000 BC, Micronesian seafarers, skilled in navigation, arrived at these atolls and named them Aelon Kein Ad, meaning “Our Islands.” Centuries later, in 1592 AD, after Ferdinand Magellan’s exploration, Spain claimed the islands. They were named the Marshall Islands in 1788 after British Naval Captain John Marshall sailed through. Germany bought these islands from Spain in 1884 for $4.5 million. Japan took control of the islands in 1914, followed by the