Memoirs of Captain James Wilson, Containing an Account of His Enterprises and Sufferings in India, His Conversion to Christianity, His Missionary Voyage to the South Seas, and his Peaceful and Triumphant Death.

Boston:: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1822., 1822. 8vo. iv, [9]-219, [1] pp. [as published]. Frontis. Mottled calf, gilt-paneled spine, red leather gilt-stamped spine label; corners slightly rubbed. Very good +. First American edition. Wilson was a British explorer, best known for his voyage conveying missionaries to islands in the South Pacific (Tahiti, Tonga, the Marquesas Islands). He also surveyed a number of islands in the area, including Fiji and the Caroline Islands, along with many others.