[[File:Koror chiefs in 1915.jpg|thumb|Koror chiefs in 1915]]
ThisTấm mapbản andđồ thevà letterlá causedthư agây vastra interestsự inquan thetâm newcủa islandsngười Tây Ban Nha với quần đảo mới. AnotherMột letterlá thư khác written by Fr. Andrew Serrano was sent tođược gửi tới châu Âu Europevào innăm 1705, essentially copying the information given by Klein. The letters resulted in three unsuccessful Jesuit attempts to travel to Palau from [[Spanish Philippines]] in 1700, 1708 and 1709. The islands were first visited by the Jesuit expedition led by Francisco Padilla on 30 November 1710. The expedition ended with the stranding of the two priests, Jacques Du Beron and Joseph Cortyl, on the coast of Sonsorol, because the mother ship ''Santísima Trinidad'' was driven to [[Mindanao]] by a storm. Another ship was sent from [[Guam]] in 1711 to save them only to capsize, causing the death of three more Jesuit priests. The failure of these missions gave Palau the original Spanish name ''Islas Encantadas'' (Enchanted Islands).<ref>[http://micsem.org/pubs/articles/religion/frames/cathmissionsfr.htm Francis X. Hezel, SJ, Catholic Missions in the Carolines and Marshall Islands]. Micsem.org. Retrieved on 12 September 2015.</ref> Despite these early misfortunes, the [[Spanish Empire]] later came to dominate the islands.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
