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Author Wilson, James, 1760-1814

Title A missionary voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, 1796-1798 / James Wilson ; introduction by Irmgard Moschner
Published New York : Frederick A. Praeger, [1968]
New York : Frederick A. Praeger, [between 1960 and 1970]

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 W'PONDS  919.604 Wil/Mvt  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 12 unnumbered pages, c, 420 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary A reprint of a 1799 ed. with a facsimile of original t.p. reading: 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 the journals of the officers and missionaries...London, Printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799
Analysis Australian
Notes A reprint of a 1799 edition with a facsimile of original title page, reading: "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 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. London, Printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, No. 151, Fleet Street, 1799."
The body of the journal is the composition of William Wilson, from Captain James Wilson's papers, his own, and the missionaries' reports. The voyage was sponsored by the London Missionary Society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Wilson, James, 1760-1814
Duff (Ship)
Missionaries -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) -- Biography.
Missions -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) -- Early works to 1800.
Missions -- Oceania -- Early works to 1800.
Missions -- Oceania.
Missions -- Polynesia -- Early works to 1800.
SUBJECT Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96047454 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001366
Oceania -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093911 -- Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001366
Oceania -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093911
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117216 -- Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001366
Author Moschner, Irmgard, writer of the introduction
Wilson, James, 1759 or 1760-1814, compiler
Wilson, William, Chief Mate of the Ship Duff, compiler
London Missionary Society.
LC no. 68019866