History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 17 Last Discoveries, 1795-1807

Levesque, Rodrigue. History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 17 Last Discoveries, 1795-1807. 17. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. ISBN 978-0-920201-17-6.

Abstract: Volume 17 (HOM.17) contains 97 chapters, with 229 documents and 56 illustrations. Shown above is part of the first map of the Island of Kosrae that was discovered by an unnamed French ship in 1804, a month before a Yankee ship came by. At least nine more islands were discovered by Europeans during this period; they were to be the last such discoveries. They were: Eauripig, Woleai, Nauru, Ebon, Puluwat, Banaba, Losap-Nama, Murilo and Nukuoro. The contents of HOM were compiled, translated, edited and annotated by Rodrigue Levesque. Rod located and made novel translations of thousands of documents between 1992 and 2002. These were organized in forty massive volumes, with only the first twenty being printed in physical, hardbound form. In 2022, the US nonprofit Habele obtained the copyrights to the full History of Micronesia series with the aim of offering free and navigable access to the public.