'Vocabularies of languages of Otaheite, New Zealand, Savu, Prince's Island, Samarang, Sulu, Madagascar, the Mandingos, the Eskimos, Malabar, and Peru'

Vocabularies collected by Sir Joseph Banks during Captain James Cook's first expedition and from other sources. Some vocabularies in this volume appear to be copies of those compiled by Banks in another manuscript also held at SOAS [MS 12153].


Order number: MS 12156
Main author: Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist
Order: MS 12156
Date(s) of creation: c 1770-1780
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

Reference number: MS 12156
Order number: MS 12156
Summary: Vocabularies collected by Sir Joseph Banks during Captain James Cook's first expedition and from other sources. Some vocabularies in this volume appear to be copies of those compiled by Banks in another manuscript also held at SOAS [MS 12153].
Main author: Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist
Extent: 1 volume
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA000109/00001/citation
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 copy available via SOAS Digital Library [Reference: LOAA000109:00001].
Related material: SOAS Library also holds other manuscripts compiled by Banks: 'Vocabularies of the languages of Tahiti, Prince's Island, Sulu, Samarang, New Holland, New Zealand, and Savu' [MS 12153] 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
7729889 Eastern Africa
6255149 North America
6255150 South America
6255151 Oceania
7729896 South Eastern Asia
7729885 Western Africa
1062947 Madagascar