Collection GB 1446 MS 3 - Mandingo vocabulary

1 manuscript notebook

GB 1446 MS 3 c 1880 collection 1 manuscript notebook 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.

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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.

Single notebook as outlined above in Scope and Content.

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English and African languages: Mandingo, Kissour, Dai-runga, Buebber, Shelluh, Bournou, Begharmi, Mandara, Timbuctoo, Fantee

Fragile document.

None.

Sarah Walpole

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Dec. 2007 Africa African languages Bowditch , Thomas Edward , 1790-1824 , traveller and author Caillié , Réné , 1799-1838 , explorer Denham , Dixon , 1786-1828 , Lieutenant-Colonel , traveller Languages Lexicography Mali Park , Mungo , 1771-1806 , explorer Timbuktu Vocabularies West Africa

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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.

Single notebook as outlined above in Scope and Content.

Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.

Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

• anglais

• latin

English and African languages: Mandingo, Kissour, Dai-runga, Buebber, Shelluh, Bournou, Begharmi, Mandara, Timbuctoo, Fantee

None.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais