Episode 2 of 2
Landing of the Missionaries in Tahiti
- When
- 1797
- Where
- Tahiti
Seventeen missionaries from the Duff landed in Tahiti in 1797, an arrival now marked by Missionary Day.
Seven months after leaving Woolwich, the crew arrived in Tahiti, where seventeen missionaries departed. The ship was the Duff, whose arrival in 1797 French Polynesia commemorates as Missionary Day. The legacy dating of 5 March 1797 is not confirmed by the supplied passages, which give only the year.
Sources
- London Missionary Society Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-10
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