| Order with this Reference | MS 12156 |
| Ref No | MS 12156 |
| Title | 'Vocabularies of languages of Otaheite, New Zealand, Savu, Prince's Island, Samarang, Sulu, Madagascar, the Mandingos, the Eskimos, Malabar, and Peru' |
| Date(s) of Creation | c 1770-1780 |
| Level of Description | Collection |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Name of Creator | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist |
| Held at: | SOAS University of London |
| Custodial History | Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835. |
| Source of Acquisition | A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916. |
| Description | Vocabularies collected by Sir Joseph Banks during Captain James Cook's first expedition and from other sources. Some vocabularies in this volume appear to be copies of those compiled by Banks in another manuscript also held at SOAS [MS 12153]. |
| Access Status | Temporarily Closed |
| Conditions Governing Reproduction | For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language(s) of Material | English |
| Multiple languages |
| Existence & Location of Copies | Digital copy available via SOAS Digital Library [Reference: LOAA000109:00001]. |
| Digital Copy URL | http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA000109/00001/citation |
| Related Material | SOAS Library also holds other manuscripts compiled by Banks: 'Vocabularies of the languages of Tahiti, Prince's Island, Sulu, Samarang, New Holland, New Zealand, and Savu' [MS 12153] and 'Observations de Itaheite, etc' [MS 12892] |
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names
| Name Code | Person, Corporate or Family Name | Type of Entity |
| GB/NNAF/P147355 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist | Person |
Access Points - Places