Ref No | MS 9882 |
Title | Vocabularies of the language of the Friendly Islands [Tonga], compiled at Tongatabu [Tongatapu], and of the language of New Caledonia. |
Date(s) of Creation | 1793 |
Level of Description | Collection |
Extent | 9 volumes |
Name of Creator | Expedition of Entrecasteaux; 1791-1794 |
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 | Compiled by the officers of the French frigates L'Espérance and La Recherche, includes some documents in French on the crews of the two ships and on instructions for the voyage in 1793. |
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 | French |
Archivist's Note | Source of Description: P. Mander-Jones (ed.), ‘Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific’, 1972, University of Press of Hawaii; added to SOAS Archive Catalogue, June 2014 |
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names
Name Code | Person, Corporate or Family Name | Type of Entity |
GB/SOASNAF/C505 | Expedition of Entrecasteaux; 1791-1794 | Corporate |
Access Points - Places