Duff (1794 ship)
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Duff was a ship launched on the Thames in 1794. In 1796 the London Missionary Society engaged her to take a party of missionaries to the South Pacific. Once she had landed the missionaries she sailed
The missionary ship Duff arriving at Otaheite in 1797
Duff at Rio Janiero (sic) in 1799
Rikitea
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Rikitea is a small town on Mangareva, an island in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. A majority of the islanders live in Rikitea. The island was a protectorate of France in 1871 and was annexed
Duff (1794 ship)
…for James Gambier, then a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. The largest land feature on Mangareva is named Mount Duff. At Mangareva Duff stopped at Rikitea. Wilson was the first European to visit Temoe in the Gambiers, which he named "Crescent Island". By 5 June Duff was at Resolution Bay, in the Marquesas…
View of Rikitea
Rikitea in the foreground and Mont Duff in the background
St. Michael's Cathedral
Meteorological station