An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.

London, G. Nicol, 1788

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Large 4to; 17 pl. (text n.c., few spots and occ. toning).

Contemp. half calf, spine with raised bands (boards rubbed). Uncut copy with wide margins.

Description of Palau, based on the experiences of Henry Wilson, captain of the ship Antelope who ran rock near the isles in 1783. Ill. with a fold. map by H. Wilson and 16 engr. views and portraits.
Ref. Cox II:302-303.

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An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.

KEATE, George

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An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.

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An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.

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An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.

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Lot 1012

An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.

An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.

An account of the Pelew Islands [...]. 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 [...]. The second edition.