Discovering Fijian: Early Impressions from Explorers, Traders, and Missionaries

by Albert J Schutz

This book traces the early history of the study of the Fijian language. The main part of the story begins with the dozen words collected by Cook's naturalist, William Anderson, in 1777, and ends with David Hazlewood's Fijian grammar and dictionary in 1850. The account focuses on how the study of the language advanced, especially through the efforts of several Wesleyan missionaries. Their first ground-breaking innovation was David Cargill's and William...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1077473605
• ISBN13: 9781077473607
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"