America's Galapagos : the historic Channel Islands survey /

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"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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Laverty, Corinne Heyning (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
Sujets:
Channel Islands Biological Survey > (1939-1941)
Ecological surveys > California > Channel Islands.
Natural resources > California > Channel Islands.
Excavations (Archaeology) > California > Channel Islands.
Inventaires écologiques > Californie > Santa Barbara, Archipel.
Ressources naturelles > Californie > Santa Barbara, Archipel.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Californie > Santa Barbara, Archipel.
Antiquities
Ecological surveys
Excavations (Archaeology)
Natural resources
Channel Islands (Calif.) > Antiquities.
California > Channel Islands
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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