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Series 03: Papers concerning work on the Mariana Islands Dictionary by Louis de Freycinet, Athanase...

Series 03: Papers concerning work on the Mariana Islands Dictionary by Louis de Freycinet, Athanase...

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Series 03: Papers concerning work on the Mariana Islands Dictionary by Louis de Freycinet, Athanase Gros and Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet

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Full title

Series 03: Papers concerning work on the Mariana Islands Dictionary by Louis de Freycinet, Athanase Gros and Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet

Date

1830-1852

Call Numbers

SAFE/MLMSS 10275/Box 1/Folder 5

Record Identifier

1xqGaWwY

Reference Code

9650179

Language

French

Physical Description

Contents

1 folder of textual material

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Series

Arrangement

Chronological

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Scope and Contents

Contents

This series, comprising 15 letters/documents, concerns Louis de Freycinet's project with Athanase Gros to compile a dictionary of the language of the Mariana Islands (Micronesia). Most documents have Laage archive stamps.

1. Autograph letter signed, from Athanase Gros to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, 30 November 1830 (3 pages on a single fold...

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Full title

Series 03: Papers concerning work on the Mariana Islands Dictionary by Louis de Freycinet, Athanase Gros and Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Preoccupying Louis de Freycinet for much of the remainder of his life following the return of the Uranie voyage was the planned, but never completed, study of the language of the Marianas, which he worked on in collaboration with the linguist Athanase Gros. The volume was anticipated from the earliest stages of the project, with the 'Recherches sur...

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SAFE/MLMSS 10275/Box 1/Folder 5

Record Identifier

1xqGaWwY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqGaWwY

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Reference code

9650179

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