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1788 Relation des Iles Pelew by G. Keate PALAU ISLANDS TRAVEL ANTIQUE rare

1788 Relation des Iles Pelew by G. Keate PALAU ISLANDS TRAVEL ANTIQUE rare

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[Palau islands].

Keate, G.

Relation des Îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'Océan Pacifique; Composée sur les journaux et les communications du Capitaine Henri Wilson (...) y ont fait naufrage sur l'Antelope, paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes orientales.


Paris, Le Jay fils and Maradan, 1788


 XIV,(2),384p.

Engraved frontispiece portrait,  large folding engraved map, 15 folding engraved plans/ plates/ portaits/ views

Early 20th century giltlettered halfleather

Size 8.5 by 11"

The desirable first French 4to edition (another French edition in two 8vo vols. was also published in 1788).
First published in London in 1788, it became one of the most popular books on the Pacific at the close of the 18th cent.
The crew of the shipwrecked Antilope built a small boat from the wreck, with which they sailed to Macao.
They took with them Prince Lee Boo (Son of King Abba Thule of the Palau Islands). Noteworthy for its influence on the idea of the noble savage and important for its detailed information.

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