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Essays of an Americanist / I. Ethnologic and Archæologic. II. Mythology and Folk Lore. III. Graphic Systems and Literature. IV. Linguistic. — Daniel G. Brinton

Essays of an Americanist / I. Ethnologic and Archæologic. II. Mythology and Folk Lore. III. Graphic Systems and Literature. IV. Linguistic.

Daniel G. Brinton

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 356 pages

Essays of an Americanist is a collection of essays by Daniel G. Brinton on the ancient peoples of the Americas. It covers ethnology, archaeology, mythology, folklore, graphic systems, and linguistics, gathered from scattered sources. It is worth listening to for a window into nineteenth-century Americanist scholarship.

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Contents

  1. Essays of an Americanist.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. PART I. ETHNOLOGIC AND ARCHÆOLOGIC.
  5. PART II. MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE.
  6. PART III. GRAPHIC SYSTEMS AND LITERATURE.
  7. PART IV. LINGUISTIC.
  8. INDEX OF AUTHORS AND AUTHORITIES.
  9. INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
  10. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
  11. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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