1732: Captain Abner Exekiel Hoag becomes one of the first New England traders to trade rum and copra among the Pacific islands, coming into contact with the peo ple of Ponape. 1734: Captain Abner Exekiel Hoag discovers the work known as the Ponape Scriptur e on the isle of Ponape. He spends years thereafter attempting to translate it w ith the help of his half-Polynesian servant. Hoag succeeds, but an ecclesiastica l outcry prevents his work from being published until after his death. Despite t his, it is secretly circulated in occult circles for many years afterward. Late 18th Century: Abner Exekiel Hoag's translation of the Ponape Scripture is p ublished. 1826: The ruins of Nan-Matal and Metalanim, located on the island of Ponape, are discovered by an Irish sailor named O'Connell or O'Connor. 1864: The whaling ship Nebuchadnezzar vanishes off the coast of Ponape, around t he same time as the appearance of a bank of strange low-lying fog. 1907: Harold Copeland completes his translation of the Ponape Scripture. It is p ublished by Miskatonic University Press. 1909: A diver finds a figurine of the god Zoth-Ommog off the coast of Ponape. Th e statuette becomes known as the Ponape Figurine, and it eventually comes into t he possession of Harold Copeland. 1910: Harold Copeland completes "The Ponape Figurine". 1911: Harold Copeland completes The Prehistoric Pacific in Light of the "Ponape Scripture." This work begins the ruination of Copeland's career. 1911: April 8 The French warship Versailles is reported to have vanished off the coast of Ponape, around the same time as the appearance of a bank of strange lo w-lying fog.