I roto i Oceania, riro France he tūranga ārahi rite mana Imperial i muri i te hanga i Tahiti me New Caledonia protectorates i 1842 me 1853. I muri i haerenga kaipuke ki Easter Island i 1875 me 1887, Chilean pirihimana navy Policarpo Toro kōrero te whakaurunga o te motu ki Chile ki native Rapanui i 1888. Na roto i te noho Easter Island, piri Chile ki nga iwi Imperial. Na 1900 tata katoa motu Pacific i roto i te mana o Ingarangi, France, United States, Germany, Japan, ko Chile. Ahakoa riro te United States mana o Guam ko Philippines i Spain i 1898, Iapana te nuinga o te hauauru o te Moananui a Kiwa i te tau 1914 me nohoia maha atu motu i roto i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Heoi, i te mutunga o taua pakanga, i hinga a Japan, ko te US Pacific Fleet te rangatira o te moana. Mai i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, he maha nga koroni i te Moananui a Kiwa i noho motuhake, ko wai te nuinga o nga whenua o mua?
US Pacific Fleet (Rōpū Taua Moana-nui-a-Kiwa o Amerika)