CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 9 



Origin and purpose of the present work, and acknowledgments 9 



Geographical information 11 



Historical notices 12 



Discovery of Guam and its early history 12 



Magellan 12 



Dutch navigators 13 



Sailing routes in the Pacific 13 



Jesuit missionaries 13 



Conquest of the natives 15 



English pirates 16 



Dampier' s visit 17 



Woodes Rogers 19 



Anson 20 



De Pages 21 



Expulsion of the Jesuits 21 



Crozet's visit 23 



Scientific explorations of the island 25 



Malaspina expedition _ 25 



Romanzoff expedition 28 



Freycinet expedition 29 



Dumont d' Urville's two visits 30 



Extracts from the archives of Guam relating to its economic history. 32 



Francisco Ramon de Villalobos 33 



Pablo Perez 36 



Convict labor 38 



Felipe de la Corte 39 



Sociedad Agricola . . 40 



Summary 40 



Physical conditions of Guam 41 



Climate and rainfall 41 



Hydrography 44 



Physical geography 46 



Vegetation of the island 52 



Plant covering according to habitat 52 



Coral reefs 52 



Mangrove swamps 52 



Rivers 53 



The strand 53 



The inner beach 54 



The cliffs 54 



Forests 55 



Marshes 57 



Savannas 57 



Abandoned clearings 58 



Village environs 60 



Plants of special interest 61 



Unidentified trees and shrubs 61 



Groups which are not well known 62 



Guam types 63 



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