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GB 1446 MS 15 · Collection · [mid 19th century]

Manuscript notebook comprising vocabulary lists of Western African dialects including of the Ashira, Mpongwe and Pangwe peoples, including notes on grammar and account of 'Krapf march in Eastern Africa', mid 19th century.

Unknown
Mandingo vocabulary
GB 1446 MS 3 · Collection · c 1880

Mandingo vocabulary comprising handwritten list of words and phrases from Mandingo and other languages used in Timbuktu, West Africa, collected by Réné Caillié (1799-1838), a French explorer, and the first to return alive from Timbuktu; also mentions African explorers Mungo Park (1771-1806), Captain [George Francis] Lyon (1795-1832) and Major [Dixon] Denham (1786-1828), [Thomas Edward] Bowditch (1790-1824), and others.

E J [or S?] Unknown: although cover of notebook mentions R. Caillié the notebook is obviously compiled by another, and includes word lists gathered by several explorers.
GB 1446 MS 4 · Collection · 1854

Manuscript copy of a dictionary of the Fernandian tongue in two volumes, 12 May 1854, collected by John Clarke from the people of the island of Fernando Po and the adjacent continent, 1 Jan 1841 to 11 May 1847.

Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionary
GB 1446 MS 5 · Collection · 1841

Manuscript notebook containing a vocabulary list of a number of African languages, chiefly Hausa, written by John Clarke in Fernando Po, 1841.

Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionary
GB 1446 MS 16 and MS 17 · Collection · 1885

Two manuscript copies of a French-Yoruba dictionary by R P Baudin [Father Noel Baudin] entitled 'Dictionnaire Français-Yoruba - Dictionnaire Yoruba- Français'.

Baudin , Father , Noel , fl 1885 , Catholic missionary