pacific islands

Let us assume that for whatever reason, the East Asian nations be it Japan, a Chinese state, Korea, Vietnam, etc. end up reaching outward to spread their influence and defend mercentile interests. And let us assume this "East Asian Age of Discovery" begins sometime between 1200 and 1600. I'm not...

So I heard it was a bit of cliche for the CSA to join the Allies and for the US to join the Central Powers in WW1 but one of things I keep hearing is "the world would be radical different". How exactly does the Confederacy effect the political of the globe in not just North America and the...

So first of all, hello everyone. This is my first post after making my account over half a year ago and lurking for many years before that. Good to be here. Now, I've been wondering about the full potential for Japanese expansion if they have a free (or freer) hand in the Pacific. The scenario...

I doubt anyone other than pa_dutch and Calbear remembers this thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/human-settlement-of-the-galapagos.166821/ but being someone who's very interested in the Galapagos Islands, I wanted to revive this subject. I initially tried to respond on the...

I was always curious to see why the Pacific Islands never saw massive European settlement unlike OTL. What must happen for more Europeans to settle the islands? Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia that is. What prevented them in the past from settling in large numbers? And could it be possible...

In OTL Chile annexed the easternmost Polynesian Island, Easter Island/Rapa Nui, how can Chile and other Latin American nations colonise the Pacific? What nation could establish colonies in Oceania? Ecuador and the Central American nations are too small and weak. Colombia might have a large...

What if contact between the Māori of New Zealand and tropical Polynesia never ended, using the Kermadec Islands as a stopover en route to the Cook Islands and Tahiti? How would European colonisation of New Zealand be affected with a Māori with a stronger maritime culture? Would pigs and chickens...

So Chamorro from the Mariana Islands sail north and settle the Bonin Islands in Japan, how does this change history? How does Japan react? How do European powers react? Do the Bonin Micronesians end up as another Ainu?

As it says in the title, why didn't New Guinea develop an advanced civilisation like those in Eurasia and the Americas? It was among the first places on earth to develop agriculture, it's relatively large, it has an OK crop package and it's pretty fertile.