The missionary guide-book; or, a key to the protestant missionary map of the world: shewing the geography, natural history, climate, population, and government of the several countries to which missionary efforts have been directed; with the moral, social, and religious condition of their inhabitants.

[MISSIONARY GUIDE BOOK]

Edité par Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, London, 1846

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[2], xix, [1], 472pp. With an engraved folding map, and 45 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. 'Let us all pray for New Zealand, that it may please Almighty God to avert the evils of a civil war from this newly-acquired and interesting colony'. The sole edition of an authoritative work of ecclesiastical geography that provides a detailed account of the rise and progress of Protestant missions throughout the world. The anonymous compiler provides detailed information on the political and colonial history of the regions in which missionaries laboured, as well as valuable accounts of the 'superstitions' of the natives, including instances of human sacrifice, the 'prevalence of Paganism and Mahommetanism', cannibalism, and the practice of 'Devil-Worship'. The majority of the text is devoted to the missions of Africa and India, though extensive chapters relate Christian efforts in, inter alia, the West Indies, Australasia, and North America. In regards to West Indies, the author provides notices on the origin of the Slave Trade, its abolition, and the death of the 'ever-to-be revered Mr. Wilberforce'. The chapter concerning North America is predominantly dedicated to Canada, in particular the operations of the Hudson's Bay Fur Companies and the 'Native Indians of these Territories favourable to British trade'. The chapter concerning Australasia is divided between New Holland and New Zealand, and notably include remarks in character and appearance of the Aborigines and 'the most warlike savages in the world', the New Zealanders respectively. The section on New Zealand strikingly concludes with a brief account of the eruption of conflicts between British and native forces that would prove to be the initial sorties of the bloody and protracted New Zealand Wars. Size: 8vo.

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• Titre: The missionary guide-book; or, a key to the protestant missionary map of the world: shewing the geography, natural history, climate, population, and government of the several countries to which missionary efforts have been directed; with the moral, social, and religious condition of their inhabitants.
• Éditeur: Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, London
• Date de parution: 1846
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First edition.