United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.

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

People: Horatio Hale (1817-1896),  Charles Wilkes (1798-1877),  Joseph Drayton (ill.),  Alfred T. Agate (1812-1846) (ill.),  Indians of North America,  Melanesians,  Polynesians

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

Times: 1838-1842,  19th century