Minas de Cazalla y Guadalcanal - 1795 dated Guadalcanal, Spain and Germany Stock Certificate

Early Mining Stock! Superb Condition! Great! Guadalcanal serves as the main island within the Guadalcanal Province of the Solomon Islands, situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, to the northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands in terms of area and ranks second in population, following Malaita. The island is predominantly covered by dense tropical rainforest and features a mountainous interior.

The first European charting of Guadalcanal occurred during the Spanish expedition led by Álvaro de Mendaña in 1568. The island's name is derived from a village named Guadalcanal, located in the province of Seville, Andalusia, Spain, which is also the birthplace of Pedro de Ortega Valencia, a participant in Mendaña's expedition.

Between 1942 and 1943, Guadalcanal was the site of the Guadalcanal campaign, marked by intense combat between Japanese and U.S. forces, with the Americans ultimately emerging victorious. Following World War II, Honiara, located on the northern coast of Guadalcanal, was established as the new capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and subsequently became the capital of the independent nation of the Solomon Islands.