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| 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 Sipwrecked in the Antelope,[ Etc..] |
| Author | Keate, George |
| Edition | 5-Th. Edition |
| Published | Bulmer & Co for Captain Henry Wilson London 1803 |
| Description | XVII-244pp. Bound with; Supplement to the account of the Pelew Islands; [IV]-72 pp. Modern [fine] half calf with Morocco title piece. [Contains a Vocabulary of the Pelew language. With the chart of the Pelew Islands, the portrait of Henry Wilson, and all plates called for in the Direction to the binder, except : "view of the land" Opp. pp.190, in an old hand, scratched from the list, giving a total of 21 plates. See:Cox ii, p. 302. Hill pp 160-61 A highly interesting travel accound of this poor lot that managed to get back to their own country in a small sized boat, build from the wreck. |
| Book condition | Fine |
| Jacket condition | No Jacket |
| Binding | Half-Leather [ Later] |
| Book size | 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall |
| Price |  1290 |
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