United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.
Subtitle: Ethnography and philology
By: by Horatio Hale, philologist of the Expedition
Edition: [Vol. 6]
Series: United States Exploring Expedition, Scientific volumes, Vol. 6
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Published: 1846
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 666
Subjects: Ethnology -- Oceania; Human beings -- Migrations; Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America; Polynesians -- Migrations; Melanesians -- Migrations; Polynesian languages; Melanesian languages; Australian languages; Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Languages; Chinook jargon
Other titles: Half title: United States exploring expedition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Tables.

Edition of 150 unofficial copies. Cf. [*Bibliographic Note: The Publications of The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1844-1874*][1] (pdf) by Leslie K. Overstreet.

Haskell 20.


  [1]: http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/learn/Overstreet-02.pdf
Table of contents: title: Ethnographical part: Oceanica.; title: Migrations of the oceanic tribes.; title: Northwestern America; title: Philological part: Comparative grammar of the Polynesian dialects.; title: Essay at a lexicon of the Polynesian language.; title: English and Polynesian vocabulary.; title: Dialect of Fakaafo and Vaitupu.; title: Grammar of the Vitian language.; title: Vitian dictionary.; title: Vocabulary of the dialect of Tobi.; title: Vocabulary of the dialect of Mille.; title: Outlines of a grammar of the Tarawan language.; title: Vocabulary of the Tarawan language.; title: Notes on the language of Rotuma.; title: The languages of Australia.; title: The languages of Northwestern America: Synopsis and vocabularies.; title: The "jargon" or trade-language of Oregon.; title: Patagonia.; title: Southern Africa