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Author Murray, A. W. (Archibald Wright), 1811-1892.

Title Missions in Western Polynesia : being historical sketches of these missions, from their commencement in 1839 to the present time / by A.W. Murray
Published London : John Snow, 1863

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 ADPML SPC  266.00996 Mur  LIB USE ONLY
Description xi, 489 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Contents General view of the principal groups and islands in the Pacific -- Fotuna -- Aneiteum -- Tanna -- Eramanga -- Niua -- Vate, or Sandwich Island -- New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines -- Mare, or Nengone -- Lifu -- Niue, or Savage Island -- Recent missionary voyage, Savage Island and the southern group of the New Hebrides -- The voyage continues, the northern group of the New Hebrides, and the Loyalty Islands -- The Samoan Mission, its past and present -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix. Missionary voyages to Western Polynesia
Notes "The following work owes its origins to a series of papers on missions in Western Polynesia, which the writer published in the Sydney Morning Herald about nine years ago." - Preface
Bibliography Includes appendix
Subject London Missionary Society.
Missionaries -- Travel -- Polynesia -- History.
Missions -- Oceania -- History.
Missions -- Polynesia.
Missions -- Vanuatu.
SUBJECT Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005023
Oceania -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116423
Polynesia -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116617 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Vanuatu http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81088147 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Author London Missionary Society.
LC no. 35035539