Account by Robert Thomson, Marquesas Islands, 1841
Marquesas - brief account of discovery and early history - manuscript by Robert Thomson describing the Marquesas Islands. Includes sections covering their discovery, climate, natural history, inhabitants, mission efforts and the 'present state and prospects'. The manuscript is in a fragile condition...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South Seas/Journals/Box 9 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
Sep 1841 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South Seas/Journals/Box 9 |
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| Summary: |
Marquesas - brief account of discovery and early history - manuscript by Robert Thomson describing the Marquesas Islands. Includes sections covering their discovery, climate, natural history, inhabitants, mission efforts and the 'present state and prospects'. The manuscript is in a fragile condition, there is a photographic copy of the work in the same box. The work was published in 1978 under the title The Marquesas Islands, their description and early history, by Rev Robert Thomson (1816 - 1851) edited by Robert D Craig, Brigham Young University - Hawaii Press. A copy of this publication is held by SOAS Library - HTH 901/399289. |
| Extent: |
54pp |
| Access status: |
Open |
| File number: |
131 |
| Copies: | CWM South Seas Journals FBN 36 |
| Format: | Archive |