History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 13 Failure at Ulithi Atoll, 1727-46

Levesque, Rodrigue. History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 13 Failure at Ulithi Atoll, 1727-46. 13. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. ISBN 978-1-878454-13-3.

Abstract: Volume 13 (HOM.13) is mostly about the attempt to conquer the Central Carolines, specially Ulithi Atoll. It contains 68 chapters totaling 150 documents and 32 illustrations. Excerpts from three very-rare books: 1) Father Canto va’s biography by Fr. Spilimberg; 2) Governor Valdes’ Instructions for the management of galleons; and 3) Admiral Cabrera-Bueno’s Nautical Handbook with sailing directions for the Pacific. 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.