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== Historia ==

Primi Belaviae incolae, probabiliter ex [[Indonesia]] ortae, in his insulis abhinc annis saltem 3000 consederunt. [[Rodericus López de Villalobos]], [[Hispania|Hispanus]] [[explorator]], insulas anno [[1543]] reppulit.

Palau was truly discovered by the Europeans on 28 December 1696 when the first map of Palau was drawn by the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] missionary [[Pablo Clain|Paul Klein]]<ref name="Francis X. Hezel, SJ">{{cite web |url=http://micsem.org/pubs/articles/religion/frames/cathmissionsfr.htm |title=Catholic Missions in the Carolines and Marshall Islands|author=Francis X. Hezel, SJ|accessdate=15 January 2015}}</ref> based on a description given by a group of Palauans shipwrecked on the Philippine coast on [[Samar]]. This map and a letter sent to Europe by Klein in June 1697 had a vast impact on the surge of interest in Palau.