Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman & George Bennet, Esq. deputed from the London Missionary Society, to visit their various stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, & c., between the years 1821 and 1829.
Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1832. First American edition. Hardcover. Over the course of their extended journey to Methodist missions, Tyerman & Bennet spent considerable time in Tahiti & Hawaii, also visiting Sydney & Parramatta in New South Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Hong Kong & India, including Madagascar and Goa. There are accounts of native customs in most ports of call. OCLC: 847088. "The first part was written in conjunction with G. Bennet, but the latter part was entirely his own. It affords a graphic picture of the state of the London Society missions at the period." (Dictionary of National Biography).
Sml. 8vo, xxiv, 273, frontis & 2 copper engraved plates (&) ix (1) 13-287pp, frontis & 2 plates (&) viii, 13 - 293pp, pages uncut. Bound in the original smooth green cloth with original paper title labels on the spine. 3 vols, from the Library of Religious Knowledge, Vol I - III. From the 1st London ed., revised by an American editor. Sml. library stamp on endpapers only, some scattered foxing. Boards slt. marked & bumped, spines a bit sunned, spine a bit chipped at base. Each title label a bit chipped, but overall a good set. Ferguson 1598a. Good + overall. Item #8731
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