TheSự consciouskhám discoveryphá ofrõ ràng về Palau camechỉ ađến centurymột laterthế inkỷ sau đó vào năm 1697, whenkhi amột groupnhóm người Palau werebị shipwreckedđắm ontàu the Philippine island oftrên [[Samarđảo Island|Samar]] tovề thephía northwesttây bắc thuộc Philippine. They were interviewed by the [[Czechs|Czech]] missionary [[Paul Klein (missionary)|Paul Klein]] on 28 December 1696. Klein was able to draw the first map of Palau based on the Palauans' representation of their home islands that they made with an arrangement of 87 pebbles on the beach. Klein reported his findings to the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] Superior General in a letter sent in June 1697.,<ref>{{cite book|author=Serrano, Andres |title=Los siete principes de los Angeles: validos del Rey del cielo. Misioneros, y protectores de la Tierra, con la practica de su deuocion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-6StnGKAIQC&pg=PR132|year=1707|publisher=por Francisco Foppens|pages=132–}}</ref> equaling to the discovery of Palau.
