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Travels in Kamtschatka, during the years 1787 and 1788. Translated from the French of M. de Lesseps, consul of France, and interpreter to the Count de la Perouse.
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1790
Physical Description: 2 v. : folded map, music ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Call number: E790/ L639t
Accession number: 32470
Notes: Contains: “Daria”, a brief song in the Kamchadal language with musical notation provided (v. 1, p. 104-105); “Vocabulary of the Kamtschadale, Koriac, Tchouktchi, and Lamout languages”, in six columns on facing pages, listing approximately 250 French terms with equivalents in these four languages as well as Russian (v. 2, p. [383]-403), including numerals through 1000 (p. 372-375); and “Vocabulary of the kamtschadale language, at St. Peter & St. Paul, and at Paratounka”, listing over 100 French terms with Russian and Kamchadal equivalents in three columns (v. 2, p. [404]-408). “Though the language at Bolcheretsk be different from what is spoken at both these places, all the words of this Vocabulary are there made use of” (p. [404]).
Translated from: Journal historique voyage, Paris, 1790.
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Languages: Chukchi / Kamchadal / Koryak
Genre: Specimen / Vocabulary
Region: Arctic
