Samoa

When we talk about American Samoa, we mean the part of the Samoa Islands in Polynesia that is considered an American territory. According to the UN, this is a non-autonomous area and in practical terms, American Samoa does not count

The first European to arrive in present-day Samoa was the Dutchman Jacob Roggeveen in 1722. The islands were further explored by Louis de Bougainville in 1768. In the 1830s, Christian missionaries began working on the Samoa Islands, soon followed by