History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 32 Tourists Come, 1887-1890
Levesque, Rodrigue (2005). History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 32 Tourists Come, 1887-1890. 32. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. ISBN 978-0-920201-32-9.
- Has attachment: File:W4IMMF7E.pdf
Abstract: HOM.32 (1887–1890) assembles travel accounts, missionary reports, colonial correspondence, and maritime narratives describing Micronesia in the late nineteenth century as observed by explorers, traders, missionaries, and colonial officials. Geographic coverage is wide across the Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands, with especially detailed references to Ailuk, Majuro, Butaritari (Makin), Apemama, Tarawa, Jaluit, Pohnpei (Ponape), Kosrae (Kusaie), Yap, Palau, Guam, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian. The documents include descriptive visits by European travelers, hydrographic notes, accounts of island settlements and environments, and descriptions of coral atolls, lagoons, navigation routes, and harbor facilities such as Port San Luis de Apra, Metalanim Harbor, and Tomil Bay. 
Prominent individuals appearing in the volume include colonial officials such as Luis Cadarso, Enrique Solano, and Mariano Torres, missionaries such as Rev. Doane, Fr. Daniel de Arbacegui, and Fr. José de Valencia, and European scientists and visitors including Alfred Marche. The narratives also introduce traders, captains, and beachcombers active in the regional trading networks, including figures such as John Cameron, Paul Mitchell, and agents connected with the Jaluit Company, illustrating the expanding commercial presence of German, American, and British merchants in the Marshall and Caroline Islands. Indigenous leaders and communities also appear frequently, including chiefs and rulers in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands as well as local leaders in Kitti and other districts of Pohnpei, reflecting the interaction between traditional authority structures and new colonial administrations. 
Several episodes highlight broader maritime and colonial dynamics across the region. These include accounts of trading voyages and shipwrecks such as the drifting vessel Rock Terrace, reports from whaling ships visiting Pohnpei and Guam, and the German annexation of Nauru in 1888 by Imperial Commissioner Wilhelm Sonnenschein and the crew of the gunboat SMS Eber. Additional documents describe Spanish colonial administration in the Marianas and Carolines, missionary expansion into places such as Kiti (Pohnpei) and Guror (Yap), and early ethnographic observations of island societies, settlements, and material culture. Together the materials provide a geographically detailed set of observations on island communities, colonial institutions, missionary networks, and trading activity across Micronesia during the late nineteenth century. 
