An Account of the Pelew Islands Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean; Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captin Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet.
by George Keate
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London: Captain Henry Wilson, 1803. .Belonging to the Honorable East India Company.; The Fifth Edition. To which is added A Supplement.by J. P. Hockin, of Exeter College, Oxford; Note the paper size of this edition; Full calf with gilt spine title & marbled endpapers/pastedown; A good+ textblock in a fair worn binding; Fold out Chart of the Pelew Islands & 20 plates (lacking 2, crossed out on the illustrations list by the binder); 244 & 72 pages. Size: 9"x11.5". Hardcover.
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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 Captin Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet.
- Author
- George Keate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Captain Henry Wilson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1803
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