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T IS THE PURPOSE of this volume 

 to present a -pidtonal account of the work of 

 ALLAN HANCOCK EXPEDITIONS 



on voyages of exploration to tropical seas 

 aboard the cruiserYELE^O III, and to por- 

 tray something of the historical background 

 and multiple activities of her maHer and 

 builder, CAPTAIN ALLAN HANCOCK. 



* Our goal has been to choose material of 

 general intereH rather than that of scientific 

 import, informative rather than StriBly ed- 

 ucational, entertaining rather than erudite. 



* Available to those intent upon specific 

 scientific data are abundant facilities of 

 the ALLAN HANCOCK FOUNDATION 

 for Scientific Research at the University of 

 Southern California, Los Angeles. 



