Library - Chamorro History

First Contacts

Exercpt from: Pigafette's Voyage Around the World
By the Chevalier Pigafetta, on board the Squadron of Magellan, Effected in the Years 1519, 1520, 1521, and 1522

The Story of Fray Juan Pobre's Stay at Rota in the Ladrone Islands
From History of Micronesia - A Collection of Source Documents, Volume 3 - First Real contact 1596-1637

Exercpt from: The Second Dutchmen in Micronesia: The Olivier van Noort Expedition - The Guam Visit, as reported by Purchas, 1600 and the Original Narrative of Oliver North as published by Cornelius Claessz at Amsterdam, 1601
Fom History of Micronesia - A Collection of Source Documents, Volume 3 - First Real contact 1596-1637

The story of the Carlettis, Italian traders aboard the San Pablo in 1596
From History of Micronesia - A Collection of Source Documents, Volume 3 - First Real contact 1596-1637

Secondary account of the customs of the Ladrones, by Figueroa
From History of Micronesia - A Collection of Source Documents, Volume 3 - First Real contact 1596-1637

Excerpt from: The text of the Latin edition of van Noort's Voyage
From History of Micronesia - A Collection of Source Documents, Volume 3 - First Real contact 1596-1637

A Pre-Missionary Manuscript Record of the Chamorro
By Karl R. Wernhart

Colonial Period

From Conquest to Colonization: Spain in the Marianas 1690-1740
By Francis X. Hezel - Micronesian Seminar

Customs of the Ladrones (Excerpt)
By Fr. Antonio de los Angeles, first missionary of the Ladrones, 1596

Excerpt from: The Chamorro - A History And Ethnography of the Marianas
By George Fritz, District Captain in Saipan, 1904

Excerpt from: History of the Mariana Islands
By Father Charles Le Gobien, of the Society of Jesus, Paris 1700

Exercpt from: An Account of Commodore Byron's Voyage, in 1764, 5, and 6 in His Majesty's ship the Dolphin
The Arrival of the Dolphin and Tamar at Tinian, a Description of the present Condition of that Island, and an Account of the Transactions there

Exercpt from: An Account of Captain Wallis's Voyage in 1766, 7, and 8, in his Majesty's ship the Dolphin
Some Account of the present State of the Island of Tinian, and our Employment there; with what happened in the Run from thence to Batavia

Extract From Narrative of a Voyage Round the World in the Uraine and Physicienne Corvettes, Commanded by Captain Freycinet, 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820
By j. Arago, Draftsman to the Expedition

The Life and Martyrdom of the Venerable Father Diego Luis de Sanvitores
By Francisco Garcia, S.J.,

The German Era
A Micronesian Seminar Photo Album

The Era of Big Business
A Micronesian Seminar Photo Album

When Copra was King
A Micronesian Seminar Photo Album

World War II

War in the Pacific
List of names on the Guam Memorial Wall - individuals who suffered personal injury, forced labor, forced march or internment during the Japanese occupation of Guam during World War II.

War comes to the Marianas
A Micronesian Seminar Photo Album

Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War
by Bruce M. Petty

A Brief Account of Life in Occupied Guam
By Evelyn Perez Lee

The Invasion of Saipan
By Brian Blodgett

We Drank Our Tears (Excerpt from book)
Pacific STAR Center for Young Writers - Saipan, CNMI
Memories of the Battles for Saipan and Tinian as Told by Our Elders

Trust Territory Period

University of Hawaii Digital Archive Collections - Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)

American Period

Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Organic Act of Guam and Related Federal Laws Affecting the Governmental Structure of Guam

General and Compilations

Pacific Worlds
A non-profit indigenous-geography education project for Hawai'i-Pacific Schools. Excellent cultural and historic presentation, for both Guam and the CNMI.

Marianas Bioarchaeology
Online resource devoted to research and discussion dealing with the prehistory and bioarchaeology of the Mariana Islands

The History of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
By the CNMI Guide

Chamorro Heritage Series "Hale'-ta"
By Chamorro Heritage Institute, Research and Publication Office of the Governor of Guam

 
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