A Supplement to the Account of the Pelew Islands;: Compiled from the Journals of the Panther and Endeavour, two vessels sent by the Honourable East India Company to those islands in the year 1790; and from the oral communications of Captain H. Wilson.

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Slim Quarto, half title, title, [iv], 72pp, Five engraved plates. occasional marks, spotting, dust soiling. small margin repair. Original quarter calf [joints worn] over marbled boards, Uncut Copy. [ Hill catalogue notes, 'separately issued copies of Hockin in contemporary bindings are extraordinarily rare'.The Supplement contains narratives of the activities of the Panther and the Endeavour, East India Company ships which spent over a year in the Palau Islands, surveyed the coasts of New Guinea and China. The two ships had been sent to the region to convey the sad news of the death of Prince Lee Boo to his father Abba Thule, King of the Palau Islands.] [ includes "Vocabulary of the Pelew Language ] Only a few copies were issued as separate volumes. Hill 816. Rare Copy Original Binding, Uncut. N° de ref. del artículo 549

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