From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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xxvii,[1],378,[1]pp. plus frontispiece, folding map, and fifteen plates (one folding). Quarto. Contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Corner tips repaired. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Some faint offsetting from plates, but text generally quite clean. Very good. The ship Antelope, under Wilson's command, was wrecked near the Pelew Islands in 1783. The crew was treated well by the islanders, who helped them build their return vessel. The King's son, Prince Lee Boo, accompanied them when they returned to England, where he found great favor and much publicity. A grammar of the Pelew language is appended. The plates show scenes in the islands, artifacts, a profile, and a portrait of Lee Boo. HILL 907. ESTC T122142. Seller Inventory # WRCAM49033
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Title: AN ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS, SITUATED IN...
Publisher: Printed for G. Nicol, London
Publication Date: 1788
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