Title
Presidential Cruise of 1938 : notes, papers, memoranda, and related materials regarding the scientific results of the cruise (2 of 2)
Related Titles
Contained In:
Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
Series:
SIA RU007231
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1938
Notes
Notes, papers, memoranda, and related materials document Waldo Schmitt's participation in the Presidential Cruise of 1938. Materials cover the scientific results of the cruise. Subject matter includes collected sponges; list of fishes collected (common and scientific name, where collected, and sometimes specimen characteristics); a progress report on the Presidential Cruise detailing locations and types of specimens collected and anchorages; related publications; botanical specimens and discoveries; and note cards indicating quantities caught per location. Sites include Galapagos Islands [Archipiélago de Colón], Panama, Old Providence Island [Isla de Providencia], and Mexico (Cedros Island, Magdalena Bay [Bahía Magdalena, Isla Cedros, Socorro Island [Isla Socorro]).
Subjects
Botany
,
Cedros, Isla
,
Clipperton Island
,
Colon, Archipielago de
,
Correspondence
,
Ecuador
,
Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
Magdalena, Bahía
,
Mexico
,
Panama
,
Presidential Cruise of 1938
,
Providencia, Isla de
,
Socorro, Isla
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.131854
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