Vols. II, III (ff. ii+233, v+37). Expanded version of the Yahgan-English version contained in Vol. I; copied 24 Aug. 1877-5 July 1879 (see p. xv of printed text). These two volumes were brought to Europe through the agency of Frederick A. Cook, who accompanied the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-1899) as surgeon on the 'Belgica' and this is the version which (after an abortive start at publication by the 'Belgica' Commission) was finally printed privately in 1933 under the title Yamana-En...
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Yamana: Dictionary of the Yamana or Yahgan language, by Rev. T. Bridges: 1865-1879.: Yamana, Engl. Reverend Thomas Bridges, missionary in Tierra del Fuego: Dictionary of the Yamana or Yahgan language by: 1865-1879.
Vols. VI, VII (ff. i+59, 46). The Gospels of St Luke and St John translated into the Yahgan language and issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1881, 1886. Printed. These were given to their donor by John Lawrence, co-worker with Bridges, 4 Feb. 1902. Presented by William Singer Barclay, Esq., F.R.G.S.
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Reverend Thomas Bridges, missionary in Tierra del Fuego: Gospel of SS. Luke and John, in Yahgan, by: 1881, 1886.: Printed. Bibles: YAMANA or YAHGAN. Gospels of SS. Luke and John: 1881, 1886.: Printed.