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Account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America.
London: J. Nichols, for T. Cadell, 1787
Physical Description: [4], xxviii, 454, [2] p., [5] folded leaves of plates : 4 maps, ill. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D787/ C879a
Accession number: 34922
Notes: "Specimen of the Aleutian Language" (p. 386) lists a dozen nouns and the numerals 1-10 with “Aleutian” and English in parallel columns, followed by the note: “It is very remarkable, that none of these words bear the least resemblance to those of the same signification, which are found in the different dialects spoken by the Koriacks, Kamtchadals, and the inhabitants of the Kuril islands”.
Third edition, originally published 1780.
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Languages: Aleut / Pacific Gulf Yupik
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Arctic
