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Heading:
Author: Keate, George
Title: An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company
Place Published: London
Publisher:G. Nicol
Date Published: 1789
Description:

xxvii, [1], 378 pp. Illustrated with stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of Wilson; 14 copper-engraved plates, some folding; folding plate of profiles of Pelew Islands; folding chart of Western Pacific. (4to) 29x23 cm (11½x9"), modern half rough sheep with marbled boards, raised bands, title in gilt on maroon morocco labels on spine, flecked page edges. Third Edition.

Although the Pelew Islands had been sighted by the Spaniards, the shipwreck of the East India Company's packet near one of the islands brought about the first exploration of the group by Europeans. The crew eventually managed to build a small vessel from the wreckage, in this they reached Macao, taking with them Prince Lee Boo, one of King Abba Thulle's sons, who made a good impression in London but soon died of smallpox. (Cox II, pp.302-303; Hill 907).

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Slight rubbing to extremities; scattered foxing throughout, including plates, fold out chart has been repaired; very good.

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