An Account of the Pelew Islands situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean; composed from the journals & 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 Trading Company. To which is added a supplement, compiled from the journals of the Panther and Endeavor, two vessels sent by the honourable East India Trading Company to those islands in 1790.

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London: Captain Henry Wilson. Very Good. 1803. Fifth Edition. Later binding of half gilt ruled faux blue morocco over marbled boards. Gilt particulars and decoration to spine. Top and bottom of front hinge cracked, top of rear hinge beginning. Blue endpapers. Enlarged edition with supplement by Reverend John Pearce Hockin. "William Taylor 1813" delicately inked to top right of title page. Foldout "Chart of the Pelew Islands and Adjacent Seas" to front of book suffers foxing and some creasing, as well as a small closed tear to the bottom margin of a fold line, not affecting text. Contains eighteen steel plates with two additional plates included in supplement, along with vocabulary of Pelew language. A nice clean copy without further markings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xvii, [i], 244; [ii], 72 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . N° de ref. del artículo 3374

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