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 Honourable East India Company, by George Keate, Esq. F. R. S. and S. A.

People / Organizations

• George Keate (Author)
• Captain Wilson ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for Captain Wilson; and sold by G. Nicol, Bookseller To His Majesty, Pall-Mall, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]

Publication year

1789-1789

ESTC No.

N16029

Grub Street ID

5731

Description

xxx,[2],408p.,plates : ports.,map ; 8⁰

Note

Signatures: a-b?, B-2C?, 2D?.

Includes: 'A vocabulary of the Pelew language' (pp.395-408).

Uncontrolled note

Frontis = port. - Signatures from RPJCB