An account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean ; composed from t...
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 ...
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Publisher
London : Printed for G. Nicol ..., 1788.
Date
1788.
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DSM/Q989.1/7A1 , Q78/29
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Language
English
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[v], xxvii, [1], 378, [1] p., [17] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., 1 chart, 1 plan, 4 ports. ; 30 cm. (4to).
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Publisher
London : Printed for G. Nicol ..., 1788.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1788.
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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 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 ...
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"Directions to the binder" are on unnumbered page following p. xxvii.
Contains an account of Prince Lee Boo.
Final leaf is the errata.
Frontispiece is a port. of Captain Henry Wilson.
Mitchell Library copy at DSM/ Q989.1/ 7A1: Signed, 'D.S. Mitchell'.
Rare Books copy: Has binder's title: Pelew Islands /Wilson. Lacks plates facing pages 101 and 187.
Rare Books copy: With: A supplement to The account of the Pelew Islands / by the Reverend John Pearce Hockin. London : Printed for Captain Henry Wilson, by W. Bulmer, 1803....
Citation / References Note
C & C 8120.
ESTC t122142.
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DSM/Q989.1/7A1 , Q78/29
Record Identifier
74VKJjQgDdQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJjQgDdQX
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919.66
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991022297539702626
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