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xxx+408 pages with frontispiece, and one additional plate, large folding map and vocabulary of the Pelew language. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") Original 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering and red label to spine. (Hill 907 & 816) Fourth edition.In 1783, the East India Company packet, the Antelope out of Macao was shipwrecked on the Pelew islands (now Pelau or Belau in the western Carolines, in Micronesia). All the crew were saved and were the first Europeans to make contact with these islanders. They were lucky in that there was a Malay there, shipwrecked the year before, who was able to act as interpreter. Captain Henry Wilson and his crew developed unusually amicable relations with the Palauan inhabitants and participated in expeditions against their enemies. They were able to recover a great deal from the wreck and to build a new vessel, with which they sailed to Macau after a stay of just over three months. They took with them Lee Boo, who became a figure of fashionable interest in… Read More

xxvii+[direction to the binders]+678 pages with frontispiece, 15 plates (one folding) and 2 maps (ne folding). Folio (12" x 9 3/4") bound in contemporary full leather with gilt double ruled borders, titles stamp3edstamped in gilt on red morocco spine label, extra gilt designs to spine, marbled end papers. (Hill 907 & 816) Third edition. The plates include a frontispiece portrait of Captain Wilson by James Heath (1757-1834), portraits of Abba Thule and Lee Boo, the later drawn by the daughter of the poet George Keate who composed the present work and other island subjects dran by John Plott and engraved by Henry Kingsbury.In 1783, the East India Company packet, the Antelope out of Macao was shipwrecked on the Pelew islands (now Pelau or Belau in the western Carolines, in Micronesia). All the crew were saved and were the first Europeans to make contact with these islanders. They were lucky in that there was a Malay there, shipwrecked the year before, who was able to act as interpreter. Captain Henry… Read More

London: Printed For G.Nicol, 1789. Third Edition. Keate’s narrative of the shipwreck of the Antelope off the hitherto unexplored Pelew Islands in 1783 includes a full and interesting description of the manners and customs of the islanders. Constructing a small ship from the wreckage, the crew managed to reach Macao, and eventually arrived safely in England. They took with them Prince Lee Boo, one of the King's sons, but he unfortunately died of smallpox.. 4to. pp. xxvii, [1]directions to binder, 378. folding engraved map, engraved frontis. portrait of Wilson, engraved plan & 14 other engraved plates (1 folding). A handsome copy in later russia, covers with gilt & blind-tooled borders, rebacked (light wear to covers, some marginal browning & light foxing to plates). gilt arms of the Duke of Sutherland (Leveson-Gower) stamped on upper cover

London: Printed For G.Nicol, 1788., 1788. 4to. pp. xxvii, [1]directions to binder, 378, [1 leaf]errata. folding engraved map, engraved frontis. portrait of Wilson, engraved plan & 14 other engraved plates (1 folding). early 19th century diced russia, rebacked (corners & edges worn, some foxing to plates). First Edition. Keate's narrative of the shipwreck of the Antelope off the hitherto unexplored Pelew Islands in 1783 includes a full and interesting description of the manners and customs of the islanders. Constructing a small ship from the wreckage, the crew managed to reach Macao, and eventually arrived safely in England. They took with them Prince Lee Boo, one of the King's sons, but he unfortunately died of smallpox. [BOUND WITH:] HOCKIN, Reverend John Pearce [1773?-1831]. A Supplement To The Account Of The Pelew Islands; Compiled From The Journals Of The Panther And Endeavour, Two Vessels Sent By The Honourable East India Company To Those Islands In The Year 1790; And From The Oral Communications… Read More