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The Journal of Captain. Tilly on board the 'Southern cross'…
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Auckland
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29-Jul-2009
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The Journal of Captain. Tilly on board the 'Southern cross' schooner, dating from July 1865 to September 1872. Includes weather reports, accounts of daily shipboard life, references to Bishop Patteson's activities and personal insights whilst travelling the Pacific. Captain Tilly, a Royal naval officer, came to the Pacific and New Zealand on the H.M.S. Cordelia as a Sub-Lieutenant. While in the Solomon Islands, he met Bishop Patteson, head of the Melanesian Mission. Bishop Patteson offered him the job of Commander of the Melanesian Mission future ship, the Southern cross. Tilly returned to England on the H.M.S. Cordelia and took charge of the construction of the new 'Southern cross' and then brought her to New Zealand. The Mission headquarters in those days was Kohimarama/Mission Bay which later moved to Norfolk Island. Captain Tilly sailed with Bishop Patteson to his minor mission outposts to convert Islanders to Christianity (1860-1890 period). They covered the Islands of Melanesia in the south Pacific, Santa Cruz, Penticost, Ysabel Islands, San Christoval, Motalava, Mota and also the Trobriand Islands
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents