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Henderson, John B.

The Cruise of the Thomas Barrera; The Narrative of a Scientific Expedition to Western Cuba and the Colorado Reefs, with Observations on the Geology, Fauna, and Flora of the Region

1916

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Year of publication
1916
Place of printing
New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons
Author
Henderson, John B.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Central America & West Indies Scientific Expeditions, Naturalists Travels
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; ix, 320 pp, frontis with tissue guard, 36 plates from photos, color plates from paintings, 6 maps and cross-sections, including folding map of route, index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, top edge gilted, fine and clean in the rare dust jacket (short tear, chipped at spine head with loss of few letters). A picture of this book is available upon request An important expedition by the staff of the US National Museum that describes the fish, birds, plants, geology, etc of Western Cuba, with much on the people and description of the countryside. Excellent illustrations, the colored plates being of birds and fish, the other plates are mainly scenery, portrait, etc. Wood 383.
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