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1788 ACCOUNT OF PELEW ISLANDS by George Keate ANTIQUE ILLUSTRATED Palau ENGLISH
1788 ACCOUNT OF PELEW ISLANDS by George Keate ANTIQUE ILLUSTRATED Palau ENGLISH
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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
by Keate, George
London, Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G. Nicol; 1788
xxvii, [1], 378, [1] errata pp.
Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, and fifteen portraits, views, and plans.
(4to) 29.5x23.5 cm (11¾x9¼")
Full calf binding with gilt-rolled borders, spine with gilt-rolled ornamental rules, morocco lettering piece.
First 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.
Armorial bookplate of Ditton Park.
Some wear of binding; very good interior
Text in English
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by Keate, George
London, Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G. Nicol; 1788
xxvii, [1], 378, [1] errata pp.
Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, and fifteen portraits, views, and plans.
(4to) 29.5x23.5 cm (11¾x9¼")
Full calf binding with gilt-rolled borders, spine with gilt-rolled ornamental rules, morocco lettering piece.
First 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.
Armorial bookplate of Ditton Park.
Some wear of binding; very good interior
Text in English
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