EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTERS AND JOURNAL OF DANIEL WHEELER, while engaged in a religious visit to the inhabitants of some of the islands of the Pacific ocean, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, and New Zealand, accompanied by his son, Charles Wheeler. Parts 1-IV, Complete.
London: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurh Street, 1839. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, rebound in later quarter calf over marbled paper boards, the spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. 300 pp. All four parts included, continuously paginated. Professional repairs to upper margins of last 3 leaves, with a small loss of text; otherwise a handsome, very good copy. Item #313902
¶ Daniel Wheeler (1771 - 1840) was a Quaker and a missionary. Wheeler went to St Petersburg as agricultural adviser to Tsar Alexander I and helped with the draining of marshes; he later spent four years sailing the South Seas as a missionary. This volume contains extracts from Wheeler's letters and journals from his time in the South Pacific.
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