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.
Edition: Vol. 6
Series: United States Exploring Expedition, Scientific volumes, Vol. 6
Publisher: Printed by C. Sherman
Published: 1846
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 666
Subjects: Ethnology -- Oceania.; Man -- Migrations.; Indians of North America -- Pacific Coast.; Polynesian languages.; Melanesian languages.; Australian languages.; Indians of North America -- Languages.; Chinook jargon.
Notes: Half-title: United States exploring expedition.  By authority of Congress.
Edition of 100 copies.
Also 150 unofficial copies issued with imprint: Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1846.

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Table of contents: label: part
title: Ethnographical part: Oceanica.; title: Migrations of the oceanic tribes.; title: Northwestern America.; label: part
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.