A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants. 9th edition.
by WILLIAMS, John
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London, John Snow, 1838.Contemporary half calf (top of spine restored). With engraving on titlepage, fine coloured portrait of Te Po (Baxter print), folding map and 25 wood-engravings by G. Baxter. XVIII,(2),506 pp.First edition published in 1837. - The nice frontispiece depicting a tattooed chief of Raotonga is printed in oil colours by George Baxter. Rev. Williams was the ablest missionary to the Polynesian people, and his book was the most often printed and widely read of all the contemporary accounts. In 1839 he was killed and eaten while visiting the island of Erromango in the New Hebrides. Mainly dealing with the Hervey Islands group now called the Cook Islands, Rarotonga and Samoa.Hill 1876; O'Reilly/Reitman 7568.
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- A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants. 9th edition.
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- WILLIAMS, John
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