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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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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, 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
1783-1784Book Details
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Bridging Worlds 1
Acknowledgements 5
Keate's Account of the Pelew Islands: A View of Koror and Palau 7
Karen L. Nero
'The Pelew Islands' in British Culture 27
Nicholas Thomas
Note on the Text 41
George Keate's An Account of the Pelew Islands 43
John Pearce Hockin's A Supplement to the Account of the Pelew Islands 270
Vocabulary to the First Edition of the Account 326
Vocabulary to the Fifth Edition of the Account 335
Glossary of Place Names 359
Appendix: Objects Collected on the Voyage Now Held at the British Museum Ethnography Department 360.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [392]-397) and index.
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