A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798 in the ship Duff commanded by Captain James Wilson / compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries ; and illustrated with maps, charts and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists ; with a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea islands and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directors of the Missionary Society
Maker and Role
Corporate Author: Missionary Society
Printer: S Gosnell
Printed for: T Chapman
Production date
1799
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Object Type
Classification
Book/Documentary Objects/Communication Objects/Nomenclature
Media/Materials Description
1/2 brown leather bound; brown marbled boards; gold lettering on spine
Measurements
c, 420, [12] p. : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 31 cm.
Measurements
0 - Whole = Height x Width x Depth (mm) = 318 x 50 x 260mm
Collection
Keywords
Wilson, James Captain
Subjects
Missions - Oceania - Early works to 1800
Evangelistic work - Oceania - Early works to 1800
Oceania - Description and travel
Evangelistic work - Oceania - Early works to 1800
Oceania - Description and travel
Accession Number
A149.472
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