'Vocabularies of the languages of Tahiti, Prince's Island, Sulu, Samarang, New Holland, New Zealand, and Savu'

Vocabularies of the languages of Tahiti, Prince's Island, Sulu, Samarang, New Holland, New Zealand, and Savu compiled by Sir Joseph Banks. 47 folios and slips. 34.7 x 24.7cm.


Order number: MS 12153
Main author: Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist
Order: MS 12153
Date(s) of creation: c 1780
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

Reference number: MS 12153
Order number: MS 12153
Summary: Vocabularies of the languages of Tahiti, Prince's Island, Sulu, Samarang, New Holland, New Zealand, and Savu compiled by Sir Joseph Banks. 47 folios and slips. 34.7 x 24.7cm.
Main author: Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist
Extent: 1 volume
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA000108/00001/citation
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Custodial history: Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835.
Acquisition: A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.
Access status: Open
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Multiple languages
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Related material: SOAS Library also holds other manuscripts compiled by Banks: 'Vocabularies of languages of Otaheite, New Zealand, Savu, Prince's Island, Samarang, Sulu, Madagascar, the Mandingos, the Eskimos, Malabar, and Peru' [MS 12156] and 'Observations de Itaheite, etc' [MS 12892]
Format: Archive           
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/NNAF/P147355 Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist Person
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
6255151 Oceania
7729896 South Eastern Asia