Nachrichten von den Pelew-Inseln -in der Westgegend des Stillen Ozeans [An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean]

Description

modern re-edition – not a facsimile, full printed cloth, lacking dust-jacket, several plates, of the original edition but with additional illustrations from Kraemer’s Palau volumes, loguki pictures re-drawn by Manfred Bahra.

The original publication was published by Luke White in London, 1788. In August 1783, the Antelope, commanded by Wilson, ran aground near one of the Pelew islands and was wrecked. These hitherto unexplored islands were investigated by Wilson and his crew, who managed to escape safely to shore. The islanders treated them well, and when, by means of a small vessel built from the wreck, they left the islands for Macao, they took with them Prince Le Boo, or Libu, one of the king’s sons. Wilson brought him to England, where he created a very good impression, but unfortunately he later died of smallpox. This edition published by VEB F.A. Brockhaus Verlag in Leipzig in the what was then the German Democratic Republic = East Germany. With modern epilogue of Jean Villain. With many references to the Philippines.