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 Hon. East India Company.

Published by Dublin, Luke White 1788., 1788

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gr.-8°. 1 Bl., XXIX (1) 378 S. Mit 1 gest. Titelportr., Mit 10 Kupfertaf. in Punktiermanier, 1 Plan u. 1 Taf.-Fragment. HLdr. d. Zt. Einbd. berieb. Titelportr. u. Tit. m. Fehlstelle am oberen Rand - ohne Text - bzw. Bildverlust, 1 Taf. m. Einr., 1 Taf. nur fragmentarisch. 3 Taf. fehlen. EA. Brunet III, 647; Graesse IV, 8; Cox II, 302 - George Keate (1729-1797), englischer Dichter und Schreiber. Henry Wilson (1740-1810), war englischer Kapitän der `British East India Company`. Palau ist ein Inselstaat im westlichen Pazifik. Das Land besteht aus ungefähr 250 Inseln, die die westliche Kette der Carolinen bilden. Sie umfassen etwa 466 km . - Der erste ausführliche Bericht über die Palau-Inseln. "Der Bericht ist wertvoll als frühester Aufschluß über Charakter und Geberen der zuvor als wilde Kannibalen verschrienen Insulaner, die nun vielmehr `als Zierde der Menschheit` dem staunenden, sich an der Geschichte begeisternden Publikum vorgestellt wurde." (Henze V, 515) Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

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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 Hon. East India Company.
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KEATE, George.
Publisher
Dublin, Luke White 1788.
Publication year
1788
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Hardcover
Item weight
1,000 grams
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