An account of the Pelew Islands

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.

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

People: George Keate,  Henry Wilson,  John Pearce Hockin,  Arthur William Devis,  A.W. Davies,  James Heath,  Lee Boo,  Abba Thulle

Places: Palau Islands,  Palos-Inseln,  Palaos-Inseln,  Paleu,  Palew,  Pelew Islands,  Koror Island (= Coorooraa = Kururaa),  Ulong Island (Oroolong),  Neue Karolinen,  Pacific Ocean,  South Sea

Times: 1783-1784