An account of the Pelew Islands

By George Keate

Subjects: etc"", English, Antelope (Packet), Glossaries, Expeditions, Palauan language, Discovery and exploration, History -- Australia, Dictionaries, Early works to 1800, Travel writing, Panther (Ship), Shipwrecks, British, Endeavour (Ship), Glossaries, vocabularies, Description and travel, Antelope (Ship), Palau, Vocabularies, History -- Oceania, Geography, History -- New Zealand

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.