Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The Polynesian wanderings : tracks of the migration deduced from an examination of the proto-Samoan content of Efate and other languages of Melanesia
Other Name
Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ; 134 (Series)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
The Carnegie Institution of Washington
Place
Date
1911
Physical Description
viii, 516 pages : maps (1 folded) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
'Edward Tregear with the author's regard. Willm Chirchill, February 28, 1911.' handwritten in ink on the title page.
Content
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.
Public Access Text
Bibliography: pages 493-506. Digitised and available via the Internet Archive, see link in this record.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
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.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Oceanic Languages
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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