History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 7 More Turmoil in the Marianas, 1679-83

Levesque, Rodrigue. History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 7 More Turmoil in the Marianas, 1679-83. 7. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. ISBN 978-0-920201-07-7.

Abstract: Volume 7 (HOM.07) contains 89 chapters totaling about 131 documents covering the civilian and religious activities of the Spanish colony in the Mariana Islands during this period. The murders of missionaries and armed reprisals continued, with the assistance of a native militia. The soldiers built better protection for themselves, and the yearly galleon stops at Umatac became routine. The first government regulations were issued by the Governor of the Philippines. The first Governor directly appointed by the King arrived at Guam; he was Colonel Saravia. Captain Quiroga also arrived; this man was to be the most influential non-Jesuit foreigner until his death in the 1720s. 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.