Noelia V. Rodríguez is an Archaeolgy graduate (Universidad de Granada) and MA in History (Universidad de Granada) and MA in Education (Universidad de Granada). She is currently a student in PhD History program at Pompeu Fabra University. Her research project is entitled: “Gazes from and towards the ocean in the Mariana Islands (Western Pacific). Perceptions, representations and appropriations in the context of Spanish contact and colonisation (1521- 1898).” Her main interests include: The perception of the sea, the representation and apropiation of the seascapes through the comerce and the establishment of a marine colony and the impact of the colonialism in the relationship with the sea.