View of Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

"Capital from the N." View of Antananarivo with indigenous man standing in the foreground.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.《来自N.的首都》：安塔那那利佛（Antananarivo）全景，前景站有一名原住民男子。约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）于1862年至1885年间担任伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society）驻马达加斯加的印刷工，最初在首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现名安塔那那利佛Antananarivo）工作；1873年至1875年在英国休假后，转至安帕里贝（Amparibe）任职。1862年，帕雷特随一支大型传教团乘船前往马达加斯加，该团成员包括安德鲁·戴维森（Andrew Davidson）博士夫妇、罗伯特·托伊（Robert Toy）夫妇、校长查尔斯·托马斯·斯塔吉（Charles Thomas Stagg）及其夫人、约翰·达弗斯（John Duffus）牧师与威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯（William Edward Cousins）牧师。本次传教团旨在协助威廉·埃利斯（William Ellis）牧师：1861年拉瓦隆娜一世（Ranavalona I）女王逝世后，拉达马二世（Radama II）国王即位，埃利斯牧师于1862年率先恢复向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。