The origin and history of missions, a record of the voyages, travels, labors and successes of the various missionaries,...
By: comp. from authentic documents; forming a complete missionary repository.  Illustrated by numerous engravings from original drawings made expressly for this work.  By the Rev. John O. Choules and the Rev. Thomas Smith
Contributors: Choules, John Overton, 1801-1856
Edition: 9th ed. ...
Publisher: [Robert Carter]
Published: 1851
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Copyright date: 1837
Subjects: Missions; History
Notes: Added title-pages, engraved.

The original author of the first edition, Mr. Smith, "was the author only of the English missions down to 1822."--Pref. to the fourth edition.

The copyright date, 1837, is of the 4th edition.

First published in London, in 1824-25, by the Rev. Thomas Smith.