The Polynesian wanderings : tracks of the migration deduced from an examination of the proto-Samoan content of Efate and other languages of Melanesia

The Carnegie Institution of Washington

1911

English

Bib record

'Edward Tregear with the author's regard. Willm Chirchill, February 28, 1911.' handwritten in ink on the title page.

The problem of Melanesia -- the dictionary of Efate -- Sawaiori migrations -- the first Polynesian home -- dissection of the theory -- Efate and Viti and Polynesia -- Polynesian relics throughout Melanesia -- Sawaiori material in Indonesia -- the Sawaiori beginning rests unknown -- data and notes -- the Southern gateway -- bibliography.

William Churchill, FRAI, AIA, AAG (October 5, 1859 - June 9, 1920) was an American Polynesian ethnologist and philologist, born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Yale, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record. In 1896 he became consul general to Samoa. In 1897 his commission was extended, making him also Consul General to Tonga. In 1902 he began working for New York Sun, where he later became a member of the editorial staff. In 1915, he took a position as research associate in primitive philology at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C.--Wikipedia, retrieved February 2020.

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