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Shipwrecks - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    The shipwreck of the Antelope East-India Packet , H. Wilson, Esq. Commander, on the Pelew Islands, situate in the West Part of the Pacific Ocean; in August 1783. Containing the subsequent adventures of the crew with a singular Race of People hitherto unknown to Europeans. With interesting particulars of Lee Boo, second son of the Pelew King, To the Time of his Death, at Capt. Wilson's House at Rotherhithe. By one of the unfortunate officers.

    Barker, Peter, second mate | Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

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