An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Great South Sea. Composed from the Journals of Capt. Henry Wilson, and His Officers; Who, in August, 1783, Were There Shipwrecked in the Antelope

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale ...