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