A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific ocean
Subtitle: performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Comp. 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.
Contributors: Wilson, James, 1759 or 60-1814.; Wilson, William.
Publisher: Printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman
Published: 1799
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Subjects: Missions -- Oceania.; Oceania -- Description and travel.
Notes: 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.