Henry Wilson (Antelope)

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Henry Wilson was captain of the British East India Company's packet ship Antelope, when it shipwrecked off Ulong,[1] near Koror Island in Palau in 1783. Although Spain had claimed the islands previously, Wilson's crew made the first sustained contact.

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  1. ^ Palau: Airai -- Visitors: Explorers. Retrieved on 2007-12-25.