John Joseph Knight Hutchin - Phases of native life and Christian work in the Hervey Islands with a p...
John Joseph Knight Hutchin - Phases of native life and Christian work in the Hervey Islands with a physical description of Mangaia, ca. 1880-1905
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ca. 1880-1905
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A 2140
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1 volume - 0.02 Meters
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Contents
Commentary on missionary work in the South Seas that is divided between five missionary societies in Polynesia, with particular focus on the Hervey Island Group (Cook Islands). Includes physical description and vegetation of Mangaia; habits, character, and language of the natives in Eastern Polynesia; trade and commerce; spirituality; code of l...
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John Joseph Knight Hutchin - Phases of native life and Christian work in the Hervey Islands with a physical description of Mangaia, ca. 1880-1905
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The pages in this manuscript have undergone conservation treatment at an unknown date.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
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Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
John Hutchin was born in 1857 at North Frodingham, near Driffield, Yorkshire. After studying at Rotherham College, he was ordained in 1882, and appointed and sailed to Rarotonga in the same year. In 1885 Hutchin visited the outstations in the ship, 'John Williams'. -- Reference: Register of London Missionary Society Missionaries, 1796 - 1923 (Sibre...
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A 2140
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1DrmBoE9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrmBoE9
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431571
