Thomas E Penard
Biographic Data
| ID | 3864776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas E Penard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas E |
| FAMILY NAME | Penard |
| SIGNATURE | PENARD T E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1917 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1929 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Popular beliefs pertaining to certain places in Surinam
The fame of Guiana as a land of strange and wonderful things began with its discovery, when sailors and explorers, returning to Europe, spread amazing tales of extraordinary beings and marvelous places encountered in the New World. Rumors of Eldorado, Amazons, headless men, and terrible monsters staggered the belief of those at home, and, bewitched by a promise of wealth or adventure, lured thousands to horrible death in the tropic fastnesses. Bu…
Remarks on an old vocabulary from Trinidad
In 1871 Daniel G. Brinton *) gave an account of the Ara wak language of Guiana, based on the study of a manuscript of Theodore Shultz in the Library of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia. distinguished American ethnologist compared the language of the Guiana Indians with that spoken in the Antilles as recorded in the works of early explorers, and pointed to Trinidad as the original home of the Surinam Arawaks. He said: The Arawaks…
Note on words used by south american indians for banana
tween the two, and the consequent difficulty of making an accurate distributional map. Lists of words are sometimes collected at great inconvenience, and it is not always practicable to go into minute details at the time ; but where possible it is of the utmost importance to be explicit in the definitions. A traveler desiring the word for may point to a certain species, and thus receive, not the general term he is after, but the name of the parti…
European influence on the Arawak language of Guiana
In collecting material for a vocabulary of the Arawak language as spoken to-day in Surinam, it has been interesting to note such words as are used for cultural elements introduced by Europeans, for which the aborigines had no equivalent terms previous to the discovery of the New World. In many instances the Indians found sufficient means of expression in their own tongue, inventing suitable descriptive phrases, or constructing new words with Araw…
Birdcathing in Surinam
Note on an old bill of lading from Surinam
The early commerce between Surinam and New England was hampered by restrictions imposed by the S/ates-Gmgra/ in 1682, but owing to the difficulty of transporting from Europe the horses so much needed by the planters, an illicit trade with Boston, Rhode Island, and New Netherland was smiled upon by the authorities in Surinam, contrary to the regulations of the W>s< /niia Company. This commerce was permitted to flourish until 1696, when the directo…
Historical Sketch of the ornithology of Surinam
The literature of the avifauna of Surinam is scattered through the pages of numerous scientific periodicals, the published proceedings and transactions of learned societies, general works on zoology, narratives of travelers, and the miscellaneous publications of writers on the Colony. The oldest records of birds of the New World are to be found in the manuscripts and sculptural remains of the pre-Columbian civilizations of Central America. In the…
Surinam Folk-Tales
Popular beliefs pertaining to certain places in Surinam
The fame of Guiana as a land of strange and wonderful things began with its discovery, when sailors and explorers, returning to Europe, spread amazing tales of extraordinary beings and marvelous places encountered in the New World. Rumors of Eldorado, Amazons, headless men, and terrible monsters staggered the belief of those at home, and, bewitched by a promise of wealth or adventure, lured thousands to horrible death in the tropic fastnesses. Bu…
Surinam Folk-Tales
Note on an old bill of lading from Surinam
The early commerce between Surinam and New England was hampered by restrictions imposed by the S/ates-Gmgra/ in 1682, but owing to the difficulty of transporting from Europe the horses so much needed by the planters, an illicit trade with Boston, Rhode Island, and New Netherland was smiled upon by the authorities in Surinam, contrary to the regulations of the W>s< /niia Company. This commerce was permitted to flourish until 1696, when the directo…
Historical Sketch of the ornithology of Surinam
The literature of the avifauna of Surinam is scattered through the pages of numerous scientific periodicals, the published proceedings and transactions of learned societies, general works on zoology, narratives of travelers, and the miscellaneous publications of writers on the Colony. The oldest records of birds of the New World are to be found in the manuscripts and sculptural remains of the pre-Columbian civilizations of Central America. In the…
Birdcathing in Surinam
Note on words used by south american indians for banana
tween the two, and the consequent difficulty of making an accurate distributional map. Lists of words are sometimes collected at great inconvenience, and it is not always practicable to go into minute details at the time ; but where possible it is of the utmost importance to be explicit in the definitions. A traveler desiring the word for may point to a certain species, and thus receive, not the general term he is after, but the name of the parti…
European influence on the Arawak language of Guiana
In collecting material for a vocabulary of the Arawak language as spoken to-day in Surinam, it has been interesting to note such words as are used for cultural elements introduced by Europeans, for which the aborigines had no equivalent terms previous to the discovery of the New World. In many instances the Indians found sufficient means of expression in their own tongue, inventing suitable descriptive phrases, or constructing new words with Araw…
Remarks on an old vocabulary from Trinidad
In 1871 Daniel G. Brinton *) gave an account of the Ara wak language of Guiana, based on the study of a manuscript of Theodore Shultz in the Library of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia. distinguished American ethnologist compared the language of the Guiana Indians with that spoken in the Antilles as recorded in the works of early explorers, and pointed to Trinidad as the original home of the Surinam Arawaks. He said: The Arawaks…
Popular beliefs pertaining to certain places in Surinam
The fame of Guiana as a land of strange and wonderful things began with its discovery, when sailors and explorers, returning to Europe, spread amazing tales of extraordinary beings and marvelous places encountered in the New World. Rumors of Eldorado, Amazons, headless men, and terrible monsters staggered the belief of those at home, and, bewitched by a promise of wealth or adventure, lured thousands to horrible death in the tropic fastnesses. Bu…
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