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A Voyage round the world performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe, under the command of J. F. G. de La Pérouse... Translated from the French.
London: A. Hamilton, 1798-99
Physical Description: 2 v. : port. ; 31 cm. (4to) and atlas v.1: [8], lvi, 539, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v.2: viii, 304, *297-*304, 305-312, 313-320, *313-*320, 321-531, [17] p.
Call number: E799/ L311vr1/ 2-size
Accession number: 09277
Notes: Contains brief remarks on semantics, grammar, and phonetics of languages spoken in the Sandwich Islands, in Port des Français, and In Northern California around Monterey/Mission of San Carlos (“country of the Achastliens and the Ecclemachs”), as well as numerals and other vocabulary samples with English equivalents. Included are half a dozen Sandwich Islands terms, comparing versions recorded by Cook and by G. Dixon (v.1, p. 343); excerpts from de Lamanon’s study of languages spoken in Port des Français (v.1, p. 409-411, including numerals 1-100, preceded by musical notation for a vocal melody); and excerpts from de Lamanon’s observations on Achastlien (v.1, p. 466-468, including numerals 1-10) and Ecclemach (v.1, p. 468-469, including numerals 1-10 and a dozen nouns); and “Vocabulary of the inhabitants of Tchoka, formed at Baie de Langle”, with English equivalents and/or ethnographic glosses for over 150 terms (body parts, artefacts and natural objects, and numerals 1-100) in the language spoken on or near the Kuril Islands [Chukchi?] and Tchoka or Kamchatka (v.2, p. 80-85).
“... an abridged translation into English. This edition is usually considered to be the best one in English.” Cf. Hill.
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Languages: Achastlien / Chukchi / Esselen [Ecclemach] / Port des Français / Tchoka Island
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
