History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 28 Micronesia Meeting Place, 1858-1866
Levesque, Rodrigue (2004). History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 28 Micronesia Meeting Place, 1858-1866. 28. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. ISBN 978-0-920201-28-2.
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Abstract: HOM.28 (1858–1866) gathers a wide range of maritime reports and narratives documenting encounters across the Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and Gilbert Islands. Ships and captains appearing in these records include the Emily Morgan (Capt. Chase), Mercury (Capt. Hayden), Gideon Howland (Capt. James M. Williams), Amazon (Capt. Robert D. Eldridge), Silver Cloud (Capt. Frederick Coggeshall), George and Susan (Capt. Robert Jones), and Massachusetts (Capt. Daniel B. Greene). These logs and reports record navigation and trading activity at Banaba (Ocean Island), Nauru (Pleasant Island), Pingelap, Mokil, Kosrae (Strong’s Island), Pohnpei (Ascension), Saipan, Rota, and Guam, as well as drifting canoes, shipwrecks, and trading exchanges with island communities. 
Several expedition and travel accounts describe visits to Pohnpei, Palau, and surrounding islands. These include narratives from the Austrian frigate Novara expedition, with scientists such as Karl von Scherzer and Ferdinand Hochstetter, as well as missionary observations by Luther Halsey Gulick and others. Detailed descriptions appear for locations including Ronkiti (Lee Harbor) and Metalanim on Pohnpei, along with references to white settlers, pilots, missionaries, and local chiefs. These materials provide place-specific observations on settlements, canoe navigation, and political organization among island groups such as the Roankiddi, Metalanim, and neighboring communities. 
The volume also contains colonial and demographic records centered on the Mariana Islands, especially Guam (Agaña, Umatac, Apra Harbor) and Saipan, including population census data, reports of Spanish administration, and church records. Among notable individuals is Father José Palomo, the first Chamorro Catholic priest, whose biography and correspondence appear alongside documentation of Spanish governance under officials such as Governor Felipe de la Corte. Additional materials note missionary stations, foreign settlers, and regional trade networks linking Micronesian ports with Manila, Hong Kong, Honolulu, and other Pacific hub
