A MISSIONARY VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN
(Wilson, James)
London: T. Chapman, 1799. 1st edition (12), c(100), 420, 12 p., 7 engraved maps of which 5 are folding, 6 engraved plates after drawings by William Wilson, includes list of subscribers. 1/4 calf spine over original worn boards, corners bumped and worn, edges of boards rubbed, foxing on title page but rest of text has very little foxing, plates are clean, edges untrimmed. Plate of the missionary settlement of Matavi (at p. 77) is in very good facsimile. Large paper edition. quarto, Very Good Hardcover (Item ID: 006080)
$1,200.00
Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798 in the Ship Duff commanded by Captain James Wilson, compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries... With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Seas Islands, and an Appendix including details never before published of the natural and civil state of Otaheite. SABIN 49480.
