CONTENTS. 
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Introduction -......2-------- 22-5 eee ee ee eee eee eee eee 9 
Origin and purpose of the present work, and acknowledgments......-.-- 9 
Geographical information ......-.-------------------------- 2-0-0 e ee eee 11 
Historical notices. ....-..----------------------- eee eee eee eee eee eee 12 
Discovery of Guam and its early history -........-....-.----------- 12 
Magellan _....--..--.---------------------- +e --e eeeeeeeeee- 12 
Dutch navigators ............------------------ +--+ eee 18 
Sailing routes in the Pacific ............------+---------------- 13 
Jesuit missionaries........-...---------------------- eee eee eee 13 
Conquest of the natives .......----.--------------------------- 15 
English pirates.......-.--.-.-..-+-.----+-.----------------------- 16 
Dampier’s visit..........-.---------------------------- +--+ -- 17 
Woodes Rogers......-..--------------------+-------- eee eee 19 
AMsOn _....2....-------------- 2-2-2 ee ee eee eee eee eee eee 20 
De Pagés..........-.--------------------- ee eee eee eee eee eee 21 
Expulsion of the Jesuits ........--.-.------------------------- 21 
Crozet’s visit... 2.2.2.0. 22-2. 22-- 22022 eee eee eee ee eee 2: 
Scientific explorations of the island .........--.-------------------- 26 
Malaspina expedition. .........-..-----.---------------------- 26 
Romanzoff expedition ..........-...--.------2--------+--+---- 28 
Freycinet expedition .........-.2.---------------------------- 29 
Dumont d’ Urville’s two visits............-..-.----------------- 3 
Extracts from the archives of Guam relating to its economic history. 32 
Francisco Ramon de Villalobos....-..--...-------------------- 33 
Pablo Perez........-...---.0-------------2----- 2-22-2222 eee 36 
Convict labor _.........--.-.---.----------------------------- 38 
Felipe de la Corte ..............-.---------------------------- 39 
Sociedad Agricola ..............-..--------------------------- 40 
Summary ...------------------------ eee eee eee eee 40 
Physical conditions of Guam ...........-.----------------------------- 41 
Climate and rainfall......-.--.----------------------------------- 41 
Hydrography .........--.-----.------------------------- eee 44 
Physical geography. ...........2....--.---2------------------------ 46 
Vegetation of the island .............2.-.-.-------------------------- . 52 
Plant covering according to habitat.........-..---------+----------- 52 
Coral reefs .........------------------------------ eee eee eee 52 
Mangrove swamps ...-...--.--------------------+------------- 52 
Rivers.........--..-----.--.----------------- 222-222 e eee eee 53 
The strand.................--------------------- 0-2 e eee eee 53 
The inner beach _........-...--..---.---------------------+--- 54 
The cliffs .......-..2-2.2---------------------- 2 - eee 54 
Forests ...-..------------------------ 2-2 eee eee eee eee eee eee 5) 
Marshes .___...--------------- 2-2-2 eee ee eee ee eee ee ee eee eee 57 
Savannas .......22......022------222-2 2-2 eee eee eee eee 57 
Abandoned clearings ........-.--.-.----------------+--------- 58 
Village environs ...----..-----------0--+--------------+- eee eee 60 
Plants of special interest ...........-.--.---------------------+----- 61 
Unidentified trees and shrubs .......---.---------------------- 61 
Groups which are not well known. ....-.....-.--.------------- 62 
Guam types 22.2.0... ee ee ee eee eee eee 63 
