Author: London Missionary SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Narrative of the Mission at Otaheite, and other islands in the South Seas; commenced by the London Missionary Society in the year 1797, with a map, etc
Author: London Missionary SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830, Written by John Davies, Missionary to the South Sea Islands
Author: C.W. NewburyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317028716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
In the wake of the navigators who finally opened up the Pacific came missionaries, traders and finally administrators. In the early decades of the 19th century Polynesia was a rich field for the curious and the calculating, for writers and adventurers. The pioneer European settlers in Eastern Polynesia were ministers and mechanics sent out on the crest of an Evangelical wave the merged with the currents and eddies of trade and whaling to break down the isolation of the islands and their inhabitants. Among the pioneers was Welshman John Davies (1772-1855) who spent just over 50 years of his life on Tahiti and neighbouring islands. He witnessed the rise of the Pomare dynasty, conversion to Christianity, reaction to attempts at theocratic government, and the gradual encroachment of alien commerce and European rule. His colleagues have made their contribution to the history and anthropology of Polynesia. Davies himself, teacher, linguist and careful observer, wrote his own story of the Mission, its personalities and their contact with the Polynesians, from the early phase of disillusionment through three decades of political and economic change, destruction and reconstruction. From this contact there emerged the uneasy compromise of missionary and indigenous beliefs and institutions that characterized Tahiti and its neighbours before and after the advent of French administration. Davies's manuscript History is here edited and annotated, supplemented by the writings of other missionaries and presented as a contribution to the literature of the Pacific. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1961.
The Christian Disciple and Theological Review
Author: Noah WorcesterThe Literary Panorama and National Register
Author: The Eclectic Review
Author: Samuel GreatheedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
The Literary panorama
Author: Catalogue of the Books, Pamphlets, Pictures, and Maps in the Library of Parliament to September, 1911
Author: Commonwealth Parliamentary Library (Australia)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
A catalogue of a ... collection of upwards of twenty-six thousand ancient and modern tracts and pamphlets, collected and arranged by John Russell Smith. On sale
Author: Alfred Russell SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A Catalogue of a Unique and Interesting Collection of Upwards of Twenty-six Thousand Ancient and Modern Tracts and Pamphlets
Author: Alfred Russell SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Author: