Editing Pohnpei (section)

===Earliest European contacts===
Pohnpei's first European visitor was Spanish navigator [[Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón]] on 14 September 1529 shortly before his death, when trying to find the way back to [[New Spain]].<ref>Brand, Donald D., ''The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations'', The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.137</ref> He charted it as ''San Bartolomé'' and called this one and the surrounding islands as ''Los Pintados'' (literally, "the painted ones" in Spanish) because the natives were frequently tattooed. It was later visited by the navigator [[Pedro Fernandes de Queirós]], commanding the Spanish ship ''San Jeronimo''.<ref name=Native/> on 23 December 1595; his description is brief, he made no attempt to land.<ref>Coello, Francisco "Conflicto hispano-alemán" ''Boletín de Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid'', t.XIX. 2º semestre 1885, Madrid, pp.244,245,294,296</ref>