TO 

 ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES 



Trustee of The American Museum of Natural History, 1903- 

 1923, expert sailor and navigator of many seas, Commander 

 of the 'Aloha,' late Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. 

 Through his generous confidence one of the last great voyages 

 of the famous U. S. S. 'Albatross' namely, the cruise of 1911, 

 was financed. The discoveries described in this volume form 

 a fitting climax to the history of the ship designed by Spencer 

 F. Baird and launched in 1882. 



