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Eskimaux and English vocabulary
Eskimaux and English vocabulary
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Eskimaux and English vocabulary

Date1850
FormatBook
Notes
Eskimaux and English vocabulary : for the use of the Arctic expeditions. Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Preface signed: John Washington. ''Compiled for the use of the Arctic Expeditions fitted out at the expense of the British Government to carry relief to Sir John Franklin and his companions''--Pref. The library also has microfiche copy classed in: FILM F CIHM 62463 First part, ''Brief sketch of the Eskimaux grammar'' chiefly from Crantz's History of Greenland, vol. I, Chap. VI., page 201; and Parry's Second Voyage, 182103. Vocabulary presented in two parts: English-Eskimaux (four-column table per page), and Eskimaux-English (in two columns per page). The English-Eskimaux table refer to ''Labrador, or Eastern'', ''Winter Island and Igl?lik, or Central'', and ''Kotzebue Sound, or Western'' dialects of Inuit.
GeographyRegion or DistrictArctic regions
GeographyCountryCanada
Dimensions||10 x 17 cm.||
Language
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131055434484D
Dewey3001101
Dewey497.1 W13 1850