Relation des îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l’Océan Pacifique composée sur les journaux et les communications du capitaine Henri Wilson, et de quelques-uns de ses officiers, qui, en août mil sept cent quatre-vingt-trois, y on fait naufrage sur l’Antelope, paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. [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 East India Company] [Tome Premier et Second] [volume 1 and 2]

Description

vol.1: (4),282, (6) p., contemporary uniform half calf, gilt and ribbed spines w. mor. letterpieces, with stipple engraved frontispiece portrait of Henry Wilson, 1 folded map of the “Palau Islands, the Philippines and the Chinese Sea”, 7 engraved plates (6 folded + 1 portrait).
vol.2: (4),274, (6) p., contemporary uniform half calf, gilt and ribbed spines w. mor. letterpieces, with 1 folded map, 5 folded engraved plates, and 2 portrait plates.

First French translation of this very popular work on the Pacific, the most important early source on the Pelew or Palau Islands in Micronesia. The first English edition was published in the same year. With the famous Palau Map which includes the entire Philippine Archipelago including shoals and islands of the West Philippine Sea, currently under dispute.