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A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean : performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the...

A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean : performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the...

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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.

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Full title

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.

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Publisher

London : Printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799.

Date

1799.

Call Numbers

Q989/14B2 , Q989/14B3 , Q989/14B4

Record Identifier

74VKq36q5wKZ

MMS ID

991020254489702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

c, 420 p. : 6 pl., 7 maps (6 fold.) ; 30 x 23 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1799.

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Alternative Titles

Full title

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 discou...

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Notes

General note

"The body of the journal is the composition of Mr. William Wilson, from the captain's papers, his own, and the missionaries' reports."--Advertisement.

[12 ] p. list of subscribers' names at the end.

Mitchell Library copy at Q989/144 has ms. inscription: "Fasper Capper." on the fly leaf.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

Q989/14B2 , Q989/14B3 , Q989/14B4

Record Identifier

74VKq36q5wKZ

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKq36q5wKZ

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DDC

919.604

MMS ID

991020254489702626

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