 However, while this could be a natural explanation of the incident, it doesn't explain why, according to Villalobos' records the local people greeted them in "perfect" Spanish and not in Portuguese.The original account of this story is included in the report that the Augustinian Fray Jerónimo de Santisteban, travelling with the Villalobos' expedition, wrote for the Viceroy of New Spain, while in Kochi during the voyage home.French naval captain Louis Tromelin visited the island during a journey through the Pacific 1828-29 

As with all of the Caroline Islands, Fais was sold by Spain to the Empire of Germany in 1899.