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1. Add MS 46177-46181

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Add MS 46177-46181
Title:
DICTIONARY OF THE YAMANA OR YAHGAN LANGUAGE, compiled by the Rev. Thomas Bridges (d. 1898), Superintendent of the South American Missionary Society in Tierra del Fuego; 1865-1933
Scope & Content:
See E. Lucas Bridges, Uttermost Part of the Earth, 1948. 'The Indian words are transcribed according to the system of Alexander John Ellis (The Essentials of Phonetics, 1848). Seven volumes. Paper. Various sizes. xix-xx cent. Presented (except for 46181 B, C) by Esteban Lucas Bridges, son of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Yamana
Date Range:
1865-1933
Extent:
7 items

2. Add MS 46178-46179

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Add MS 46178-46179
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1877-5 Jul 1879
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 46180

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Add MS 46180
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. IV (ff. i + 70). The 'new and last dictionary', so referred to at p. xv of the printed text, but never completed (ends imperfectly, f. 70b, with the word 'ūcitta'); begun 19 June 1879. This volume was brought to Europe in 1929 by Alice Couty Bridges. Yamana: Dictionary of the Yamana or Yah...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 46177

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Add MS 46177
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. I (ff. ii+239). Preface, followed (ff. 3-108) by Yahgan-English section and (ff. 108b-239) the English-Yahgan; copied Jan. 1865-18 May 1866. This volume was brought to Europe by the donor in 1930. lt was for some time in the hands of the Rev. John Williams of Punta Arenas (now Magallanes) a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1865-18 May 1866
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 46181 A

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Add MS 46181 A
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. V (ff. i+347). Yamana-English Dictionary, by the Rev. Thomas Bridges, 1933. A copy of the printed work referred toin Add MS 46180. Yamana: Yamana - English Dictionary, by Rev. T. Bridges: 1933.: Yamana, Engl.: Printed. Reverend Thomas Bridges, missionary in Tierra del Fuego: Yamana - Engl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Yamana
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 46181 B-C

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Add MS 46181 B-C
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Yamana
Date Range:
1881-1886
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 46178

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Add MS 46178
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. (ff. ii+233).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1877-5 Jul 1879
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 46179

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Add MS 46179
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. (ff. v+37).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1877-5 Jul 1879
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 46181 B

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Add MS 46181 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. VI. (ff. i+59). 1881. Yamana: Gospel of St Luke: 1881.: Yamana.: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Yamana
Date Range:
1881
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 46181 C

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Add MS 46181 C
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. VII. (ff. 46). 1886. Yamana: Gospel of St John: 1886.: Yamana.: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Yamana
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item