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An account of the Pelew Islands
by George Keate
First Published
1788
Subjects
Antelope (Packet)
Antelope (Ship)
Panther (Ship)
Endeavour (Ship)
Discovery and exploration
Expeditions
Description and travel
Travel writing
Shipwrecks
Geography
Glossaries
Vocabularies
Dictionaries
etc""
Palauan language
History -- Australia
History -- Oceania
History -- New Zealand
Early works to 1800
Glossaries, vocabularies
English
British
Palau
Description
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.