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lii+393 pages with 3 folding maps with one in back pocket, 18 illustrations and plates, appendices and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with blind-stamped edges to the cover. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 116. First edition. In the wake of the navigators who opened up the Pacific came missionaries, traders and finally administrators. In the early decades of the nineteenth century Polynesia was a rich field for the curious and calculating, for writers and adventurers. The pioneer European settlers in Eastern Polynesia were ministers and mechanics sent out on the crest of an Evangelical wave that merged with the currents and eddies of trade and whaling to break down the isolation of the islands and their inhabitants. Among the pioneers was the Welshman John Davies who spent just over fifty years of his life on Tahiti and neighboring…
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The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830
by John Davies (1772-1855); C W (Colin Walter) Newbury (editor)
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The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830, with Supplementary Papers from the Correspondence of the Missionaries
by Davies, John Paton (C.W. Newbury, Ed.)
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Cambridge University Press/Hakluyt Society. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (church history french polynesia)
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The History of the Tahitian Mission 1799-1830
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Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1961. FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
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The History of the Tahitian Mission 1799-1830 [Second Series, No. CXVI]
by Davies, John (Text by); C. W. Newbury (Edited by)
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Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto. LIV, 392pp. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. In the wake of the navigators who finally opened up the Pacific came missionaries, traders and finally administrators. In the early decades of the 19th century Polynesia was a rich field for the curious and the calculating, for writers and adventurers. The pioneer European settlers in Eastern Polynesia were ministers and mechanics sent out on the crest of an Evangelical wave the merged with the currents and eddies of trade and whaling to break down the isolation of the islands and their inhabitants. Among the pioneers was Welshman John Davies (1772-1855) who spent just over 50 years of his life on Tahiti and neighbouring islands. He witnessed the rise of the Pomare dynasty, conversion to Christianity, reaction to attempts at theocratic government, and the gradual encroachment of…
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The History of the Tahitian Mission 1799-1830
by Davies, John ; edited by: Newbury, C. W.
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Cambridge: University Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardback. DJ is slightly spotted under the lamenation; pages' edges are frayed .
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The History of the Tahitian Mission 1799 - 1830: With Supplementary Papers from the Correspondence of the Missionaries
by Davies, John; Newbury, C.W. (editor)
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London: Cambridge / Hakluyt Society 1961. (Cloth) 392pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, illus., maps. Very minor shelf wear and tanning to spine of clipped wrapper. Former owner's name to endpaper. Internally without fault. SECOND SERIES, No.CXVI..
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The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830, with Supplementary Papers from the Correspondence of the Missionaries
by Davies, John Paton (C.W. Newbury, Ed.)
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Cambridge University Press/Hakluyt Society, 1961-01-01. Second Series. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Note: Lacking the map of the Island of Otaheite, otherwise very good. pages are tight and unmarked, with dust jacket.
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The History of the Tahitian Mission 1799 - 1830
by John Davies Edited By C.W. Newbury
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Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1961. A very clea, tidy copy of volume CXVI in the second series of the Hakluyt Society Puiblications. 20 ilustrations and maps plus map in rear pocket... First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo.
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