History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 4 Religious Conquest, 1638-70

Levesque, Rodrigue. History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 4 Religious Conquest, 1638-70. 4. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. ISBN 978-0-920201-04-6.

Abstract: Volume 4 (HOM.04) contains 82 chapters totaling 123 documents covering all the voyages made in the Pacific during this period by Spanish galleons, and 2 expeditions made by Dutch ships (Quast, Vries). For the first time ever, there is a complete set of documents from the archives about the conquest of the Mariana Islands and the establishment of a Spanish colony and Jesuit mission there. Every document appears in its proper chronological sequence. 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.