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Account of the journey of the Antelope which was shipwrecked off the coast of the Palau Islands; the first extensive contact of Palauans with Westerners; the experiences of the crew on the Palau Islands, friendship and high adventure; and their return to England with Lee Boo, Prince of Coorooraa (1764-1784), one of the sons of Abba Thulle, king of Coorooraa (= Kururaa = Koror Island); and of the death of Lee Boo from smallpox.

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An account of the Pelew Islands
2002, Leicester University Press
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An account of the Pelew Islands: situated in the great South Sea
1802, Printed by Daniel Lawrence, for John Tiebout
Microform in English
Cover of: An account of the Pelew Islands
An account of the Pelew Islands: situated in the great South Sea
1802, Printed by Daniel Lawrence, for John Tiebout
Microform in English
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Cover of: An account of the Pelew Islands
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An account of the Pelew Islands: situated in the great South Sea
1794, Printed for the Rev. M.L. Weems, by Samuel and John Adams ...
in English
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An account of the Pelew Islands
1789, printed by J. J. Tourneisen (Basil), sold by Pissot (Paris)
Microform in English - A new edition.
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An account of the Pelew Islands: situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean
1789, Printed for Captain Wilson; sold by G. Nicoll
in English - 4th ed.
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An account of the Pelew islands: situated in the western part of the Pacific ocean
1788, Printed for Captain Wilson, and sold by G. Nicol ...
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Bridging Worlds 1
Acknowledgements 5
Keate's Account of the Pelew Islands: A View of Koror and Palau 7
Karen L. Nero
'The Pelew Islands' in British Culture 27
Nicholas Thomas
Note on the Text 41
George Keate's An Account of the Pelew Islands 43
John Pearce Hockin's A Supplement to the Account of the Pelew Islands 270
Vocabulary to the First Edition of the Account 326
Vocabulary to the Fifth Edition of the Account 335
Glossary of Place Names 359
Appendix: Objects Collected on the Voyage Now Held at the British Museum Ethnography Department 360.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [392]-397) and index.

Published in
London, New York
Series
The literature of travel, exploration, and empire
Genre
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc., Early works to 1800.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
919.66
Library of Congress
DU780 .K26 2002, DU780.K26 2001

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Pagination
ix, 406 p. :
Number of pages
406

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6792404M
ISBN 10
0718501551
LCCN
00057397
OCLC/WorldCat
44573390
Library Thing
4149273
Goodreads
2406243

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