WILSON (CHARLES). - A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798 in the Ship DuffÉ Compiled from journals of the Officers and the Missionaries. London, Printed by S. Gosnell, 1799.

FIRST EDITION of the full report of the first missionary expedition to the South Pacific Ocean. Compiled from the journals of several officers and missionaries participating to the expedition, the text describes in minute details the natural and cultural peculiarities of Polynesia, Tahiti, Fiji, China etcÉ It includes an ipreliminary discourse on the history and geography of the South Pacific Islands, as well as an appendix concerning the natural history of Tahiti. Illustrated with 6 folding maps and 7 full-page plates, engraved after the drawings made during the journey by First Mate James William.Hill, Pacific Voyages, 1894; Sabin 49480