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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.
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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, PalauPeople
George Keate, Henry Wilson, John Pearce Hockin, Arthur William Devis, A.W. Davies, James Heath, Lee Boo, Abba ThullePlaces
Palau Islands, Palos-Inseln, Palaos-Inseln, Paleu, Palew, Pelew Islands, Koror Island (= Coorooraa = Kururaa), Ulong Island (Oroolong), Neue Karolinen, Pacific Ocean, South SeaTimes
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Includes: 'A vocabulary of the Pelew language' (pp.395-408).
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6901, no.13).
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