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WILSON, William. A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff...Compiled from Journals of the Officers and the Missionaries... London: S. Gosnell for T. Chapman, 1799.
4o (292 x 238 mm). 6 engraved plates and 7 engraved maps and charts, (5 folding) (some spotting and staining, chart of Fiji Islands with a few small tears at folds). (Some offsetting from plates, last 4 leaves of the list of subscribers misbound at front.) Contemporary polished calf, blind-tooled (rebacked, some wear at corners).
FIRST EDITION of the London Missionary Society's voyage for the purpose of establishing a mission at Tahiti. Setting out from London in 1796, the Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days, the ship reached Tahiti where a settlement of 25 people was established. Although they were befriended by King Pomare I the missionaries met with numerous difficulties on the island including civil war and were finally forced to flee to Australia. Apart from its missionary interest, this work is valuable for its descriptions of Tahiti, the Fiji Islands, and Tonga, along with occasional references to Australia. Cox II:307; Ferguson 301; Hill 1894; Sabin 49480.
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FIRST EDITION of the London Missionary Society's voyage for the purpose of establishing a mission at Tahiti. Setting out from London in 1796, the Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days, the ship reached Tahiti where a settlement of 25 people was established. Although they were befriended by King Pomare I the missionaries met with numerous difficulties on the island including civil war and were finally forced to flee to Australia. Apart from its missionary interest, this work is valuable for its descriptions of Tahiti, the Fiji Islands, and Tonga, along with occasional references to Australia. Cox II:307; Ferguson 301; Hill 1894; Sabin 49480.