Title: United States Exploring Expedition
Subtitle: Ethnography and philology
First published: 1846
Description: Ethnography of Australian Aborigines; investigation of languages; comparative word list (33 items) of 9 languages of N.S.W.; phonology of Australian languages; comparative grammars of Awabakal (called Kamilaroi in error); obtained from Threlkeld and Wiradurei (from Rev. William Watson); morphology, vocabulary, sentence material.
Subjects: Ethnology, Ethnography, Linguistics, Languages, Pacific Area Languages, Oceanic languages, Melanesian languages, Polynesian languages, Australian languages, Chinook jargon, Migrations, North American Indian Languages, United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), Scientific expeditions, Indians of North America, Indiens, Ethnologie, Chinook (Jargon), Langues, Pacific Islanders, Human beings
Places: Pacific Ocean, Oceania, Océanie, Pacific Area, Antarctica, Australia, Northwest Coast of North America, Pacific Coast (United States and Canada), Pacific Coast (North America), Côte du Pacifique (États-Unis et Canada), Amérique du Nord
People: Horatio Hale (1817-1896), Charles Wilkes (1798-1877), Joseph Drayton (ill.), Alfred T. Agate (1812-1846) (ill.), Indians of North America, Melanesians, Polynesians
Time periods: 1838-1842, 19th century