A missionary voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, 1796-1798.
By: Introduction: Irmgard Moschner.
Contributors: Wilson, William, comp.; Wilson, James, 1759 or 60-1814, joint comp.; London Missionary Society.
Series: Frühe Reisen und Seefahrten in Originalberichten,; Bd. 5
Publisher: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Graz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Subjects: Missions -- Oceania -- Early works to 1800.; Oceania -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [xvii]-xix (1st group).
A reprint of a 1799 ed. with a facsimile of original t.p.: reading: A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and missionaries ... London, Printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799.
The body of the journal is the composition of William Wilson, from Captain James Wilson's papers, his own, and the missionaries' reports. The voyage was sponsored by the London Missionary Society.