Original notebook of the botanist, volume 7, Peru, New South Wales (Australia), Samoa Islands group, Tonga Islands group, Fiji Islands group, and Hawaiian Islands group (William Dunlop Brackenridge) (7)
Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 1 - 16, Peru, New South Wales (Australia), Samoa Islands group, Tonga Islands group, Fiji Islands group, and Hawaiian Islands group (William Dunlop Brackenridge) (7) Search this
Collection name:
United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1 Folder 4
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Tahiti
Samoa Islands
Date Range:
1838-1842
Start Date:
1838
End Date:
1842
Abstract:
The notebook documents William Dunlop Brackenridge's botanical collecting efforts in the Aurora Islands during United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1842. The notebook are a list of observed plants across the Aurora Islands and Samoa. May include collected specimens. Details include name of the plant, physical description, location found, sometimes information about terrain (i.e. hills, ravine, mountains), and whether an introduced species. There are several mentions of plants present were the same as Tahiti and Eimeo.
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