Title: An account of the Pelew Islands
First published: 1788
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
Places: Palau Islands, Palos-Inseln, Palaos-Inseln, Paleu, Palew, Pelew Islands, Koror Island (= Coorooraa = Kururaa), Ulong Island (Oroolong), Neue Karolinen, Pacific Ocean, South Sea
People: George Keate, Henry Wilson, John Pearce Hockin, Arthur William Devis, A.W. Davies, James Heath, Lee Boo, Abba Thulle
Time periods: 1783-1784