Abba Thulle was the

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, of

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whom the sailor

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and his crew met on their voyage to

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in 1783. His second son

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became one of the first people from the Pacific Islands to visit Great Britain, but died just six months after arriving in London at the age of 20. He learned of his son's death when Captain John McCluer later visited the islands. Andrew Cheyne wrote about his encounter with Abba Thulle in the book ''A Description of Islands In The Western Pacific Ocean, North and South of the Equator''.

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wrote a poem about him entitled ''Abba Thule's Lament For His Son Prince Le Boo''. A horse was named after him that later won the

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in 1790.

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18th-century Palauan people Traditional chiefs of Palau Ibeduls of Koror People from Koror {{palau-stub