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The Bahama Islands / edited by George Burbank Shattuck.

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[Baltimore] : Johns Hopkins Press ; New York : Macmillan, 1905Description: xxxii, 630 pages, 93 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

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Additional physical formats: Bahama Islands.DDC classification:

917.296 Sha

LOC classification:

QH11 .B147 1905
F1651 .B34 1905

Other classification:

RV 50053

Online resources:

Contents:

Physiography and geology of the Bahama Islands / by George Burbank Shattuck and Benjamin LeRoy Miller -- Fossils of the Bahama Islands, with a list of the non-marine mollusks / by William H. Dall -- Tides and bench marks at Nassau, New Providence / by L.P. Shidy -- Magnetic observations in the Bahama Islands / by Oliver L. Fassig -- Climate of the Bahama Islands / by Oliver L. Fassig -- Exploration of the upper atmosphere at Nassau, New Providence, by means of kites / by Oliver L. Fassig -- Soils of the Bahama Islands / by Charles N. Mooney -- Vegetation of the Bahama Islands / by William C. Coker -- Mosquitoes of the Bahama Islands (introduction) / by L.O. Howard -- Mosquitoes of the Bahama Islands / by T. Homer Coffin -- Fishes of the Bahama Islands / by Barton A. Bean.

(cont.) Batrachians and land reptiles of the Bahama Islands / by Leonhard Stejneger -- Birds of the Bahama Islands / by Joseph H. Riley -- Mammals of the Bahama Islands / by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. -- Sanitary conditions of the Bahama Islands / by Clement A. Penrose -- History of the Bahama Islands, with a special study of the abolition of slavery in the colony / by James M. Wright -- Some general considerations relating to the Bahama Islands / by George Burbank Shattuck.

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Summary: This is a report of the Bahamas expedition by the Geographical Society of Baltimore in June 1903 and is the best natural history of the Bahamas. It contains valuable information on geology, climate, soil, vegetation, flora and fauna, health and history. Included is a special study on the abolition of slavery in the colony.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	917.296 Sha (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000028214
Books	OCLC Data	Rare Books Floor		Available		0000000001731

At head of title: The Geographical Society of Baltimore.

"Report of the Bahama Expedition sent out by the Geographical Society of Baltimore on June 1, 1903"--Page [ix].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is a report of the Bahamas expedition by the Geographical Society of Baltimore in June 1903 and is the best natural history of the Bahamas. It contains valuable information on geology, climate, soil, vegetation, flora and fauna, health and history. Included is a special study on the abolition of slavery in the colony.

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