21
Wilson’s acc
t of the Pelew islands. by Keate.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 244, as above, but reading
account.
KEATE,
George.
An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journals and Communications
of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his Officers, who, in August 1783, were there Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet
belonging to the Honourable East India Company, by George Keate, Esq. F.R.S. and S.A.
London: Printed for
Captain Wilson; and sold by
G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall.
m.dcc.lxxxviii
. [1788.]
First Edition. 4to. 204 leaves, a
Vocabulary of the Pelew language on 7 leaves at the end, engraved portrait frontispiece of Captain Wilson by I. Heath after I. Russell, 16 engraved plates by various engravers. Jefferson’s copy was of the first edition; the copy in the Library of Congress
from which the above collation was taken, is of the second edition, printed the same year as the first, of which it is an
exact reprint except for the words
The Second Edition on the title-page, the omission of the list of errata (corrected in the text), with an explanation of this in a note of five
lines at the end of the Introduction.
Lowndes III, 1255.
Pardo de Tavera,
Biblioteca Filipina, 1445.
Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 352.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.
George Keate, 1729-1797, English poet, naturalist, antiquary and artist, wrote for pleasure rather than profit, and was the author of
a number of books on various subjects. The
Account of the Pelew Islands was frequently reprinted and was translated into French and into German.
Little seems to be known concerning
Henry Wilson, Captain of the East India Company’s ship
Antelope, beyond the account given of him by George Keate in this book, which was dedicated to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Directors
of the Honourable East India Company, from London, on June 12, 1788.
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22
Mortimer’s voyage to the Asiatic isl
ds. & Canton.
g 4
to.
Lond.
1790.
1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 243, as above, but reading
Islands.
MORTIMER,
George.
Observations and Remarks made during a Voyage to the Islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria’s Islands near Van Diemen’s Land;
Otaheite, Sandwich Islands; Owhyhee, the Fox Islands on the North West Coast of America, Tinian, and from thence to Canton,
in the Brig Mercury, commanded by John Henry Cox, Esq. Illustrated with a Sketch of the Island of Amsterdam, a Plan of Oyster
Harbour at the Maria Islands, with some Views of the Land; a Curious Medal; and a Club accurately Engraved. By Lieut. George Mortimer, of the Marines.
London: Printed for the Author: and sold by
T. Cadell;
J. Robson; and
J. Sewell,
m dcc xci
. [1791.]
G460 .M88
First Edition. 4to. 40 leaves, engraved plates, 2 engraved maps by J. Walker after W. Harrison, dated 1790 and 1791. The copy collated was without the list of subscribers, issued with some copies.
Lowndes III, 1619.
Sabin 50985.
Ferguson 110.
George Mortimer, fl. 1790. Little seems to be known about either Mortimer or Captain John Henry Cox, Captain of the brig
Mercury, except from this book, which is dedicated by the author to the latter. The work contains information with reference to the
mutineers of the
Bounty which was gathered at Otaheite, and communicated to the Admiralty in the hope that it might be of aid to Captain Edwards
of the
Pandora. The book contains
