Marquesan language

Date: 1797-1824

By: Robarts, Edward, 1771-

Reference: Micro-MS-0757

Description: Robarts, on a whaling trip from England, deserted at the Marquesas Islands where he lived for 9 years, married and piloted and provisioned visiting ships. In 1806 tribal wars led him to quit the islands. He stopped at Tahiti until Captain Dalrymple of the General Wellesley took him and his family on board. Visited the Bay of Islands where he met George Bruce who supplied the ship with spars and came with the ship when it left. At Calcutta, Robarts left the ship and lived in India from 1810, visiting Van Diemen's Land and Sydney. Description of the Marquesas (30 pages) and vocabulary of the Marquesan language (16 pages) complete the narrative. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 190 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm (Sepia type film)

Date: (1844-1845) ca 1886-1903

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-038

Description: Includes notes on Maori words; grammar notes on Niue language; a copy of a 1844-1845 dictionary of the Marquesan vocabulary; a comparison of the dialects of east and west Polynesia by the Rev George Pratt (printed); Marquesan language notes with covering letter to Tregear from Christian, 29 July 1894; notes on Maori and Marquesan cognates; notes on Marquesa dialects; letter from Tregear to Smith, 23 June 1903 sending Smith Marquesan material. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1843

From: Lallour, Valery (Dr), fl 1843-1848 : Manuscripts on the Marquesas Islands

Reference: qMS-1122

Description: Section contributed by Auguste Lallour; a note indicates that he is Valery Lallour's brother, and was also on the `La Danae'. See also section A to E of French-Kanak dictionary with qMS-1120 Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (88 pages). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1848

From: Lallour, Valery (Dr), fl 1843-1848 : Manuscripts on the Marquesas Islands

Reference: qMS-1120

Description: Includes section A to E of a French-Kanak dictionary (see also qMS-1122) Source of title - Title page Quantity: 1 volume(s) (141 pages). Physical Description: Holograph