A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, Commanded By Captain James Wilson

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  • London: Printed by S. Gosnell, By T. Chapman, 1799
By Wilson, William
London: Printed by S. Gosnell, By T. Chapman, 1799. 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. Quarto format: [12] 420 [12]p., 6 leaves of plates, seven maps (of which six are folded). Bound in modern half-leather with spine label, marbled boards.

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