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Stefan Krasowski from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0
Landmark Oceania trade

Rabaul

1910 CE – still standing

Capital of German New Guinea from 1910, built around Simpson Harbour as a major copra-trade port and the chief commercial hub of the New Guinea Islands.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1900 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1914 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Oceania

Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo

1935 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Indonesia

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Indonesian Invasion of East Timor

1975 CE – 1999 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Te Whare Rūnanga (Waitangi)

1940 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Netherlands Indies

1800 CE – 1949 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Bougainville Civil War

1988 CE – 1998 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Cristo Rei of Dili

1996 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Dutch Guinea

1598 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1910 CE and 2026 CE.

1942 CE Battle of Guadalcanal 1973 CE Sydney Opera House 1975 CE Indonesian Invasion of East Timor 1988 CE Bougainville Civil War 1910 CE Mexican Revolution 1911 CE Italo-Turkish War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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