Davies, John

The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830

Cambridge Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press 1961, Hakluyt Society publication No. CXVI, Second Series. Edited by C.W. Newbury. liv, 392pp. 11 plates (1 folding), 6 text illustrations, 3 folding map, folding table, large folding maps in rear pocket. Notes, index. Gilt-lettered and decorated light blue cloth. A very fine and crisp copy (uncut) with foxed and lightly worn printed dust jacket. Davies was missionary to the South Sea Islands. C.N. Newbury, editor, includes an epilogue which continues the history to 1860. Included is supplementary papers from the correspondence of the missionaries.

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