Title
Notebook containing sketches, natural history notes, and drawings especially of fishes, and misc., undated
Title Variants
Alternative:
Miscellaneous notebooks containing natural history notes; botanical and ichthyological drawings; and landscapes and other sketches
Related Titles
Contained In:
C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque papers, 1815-1834 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007250
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1800-1840
Notes
This item includes landscape sketches of various locations in Pennsylvania, New York state, and New Jersey, including but not limited to Sherman Creek (Pennsylvania), Catskill Mountains (New York), and New Brunswick (New Jersey). A few landscapes seem to indicate locations in Labrador (Canada), Baltimore (Maryland), and Santiago (Chile). The Canadian and Chilean locations are questionable. Also contains Rafinesque's field notes and sketches of fish, fossils, a few insect and botanical specimen with identifications and descriptions. Measurements are recorded on many of the fish sketches. Also included are a few roughly sketched maps (these are difficult to read), and a note glued to the cover verso, dated Feb. 5, 1841, and signed by James Mease regarding the value or sale of a gold medal given to Rafinesque by the Geographic Society of Paris.
Subjects
Baltimore
,
Entomology
,
Field notes
,
Fossils
,
Ichthyology
,
Landscapes (representations)
,
Maps
,
Mollusks
,
New Jersey
,
New York
,
Pennsylvania
,
Scientific illustrations
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.154445
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