North America's Galapagos : The Historic Channel Islands Biological Survey /

"Laverty has researched and written about the Channel Islands Biological Survey conducted just prior to World War II off the coast of southern California and aborted due to the war and island location. The manuscript illuminates the scientific process and delves into the realities and difficult...

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Autor principal: Laverty, Corinne Heyning (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Natural resources.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Ecological surveys.
Antiquities.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Californie > Santa Barbara, Archipel.
Ressources naturelles > Californie > Santa Barbara, Archipel.
Inventaires ecologiques > Californie > Santa Barbara, Archipel.
Excavations (Archaeology) > California > Channel Islands.
Natural resources > California > Channel Islands.
Ecological surveys > California > Channel Islands.
California > Channel Islands.
Channel Islands (Calif.) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : North America's Galapagos ; The Los Angeles County Museum Channel Islands Biological Survey
  • Big Dog Cave
  • Before Big Dog Cave
  • Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo spoiled it all
  • The island of the caves, San Clemente Island
  • Camp Chinigchinich
  • The rock island, Santa Barbara
  • The lost island, San Nicolas
  • The search for the lone woman's whalebone hut
  • The lonely island, San Miguel
  • The king of San Miguel befriends the CIBS
  • To Rosa, the mysterious
  • The forested island, Santa Cruz
  • The expedition continues
  • Field work, first half 1940
  • Summer 1940
  • A flurry of letters and the end of the 1940 field year
  • The magic isle, Santa Catalina
  • Early 1941
  • Back at the museum
  • Hue and cry
  • An unmeeting of minds
  • Santa Rosa (again)
  • Unlucky thirteen
  • Epilogue.

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