National Geographic December 1921

Yap and Other Pacific Islands Under Japanese Mandate
After generations of foreign control, life for the peaceable natives of some 1, 000 islets of the Carolines, Marianas, and Marshalls remains unchanged.
The Mystery of Easter Island
A yacht- borne expedition studies the hundreds of spectacular stone statues, some as tall as 30 feet, that adorn the shores of this island 2, 000 miles west of South America.
Nauru, the Richest Island in the South Seas
After the defeat of Germany, Great Britain secured this former mandate just west of the International Date Line – – a source of valuable agricultural phosphate.