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The fur seals and fur-seal islands of the North Pacific Ocean. By David Starr Jordan ... commissioner in charge of fur-seal investigations of 1896-97. With the following official associates: Leonard Stejneger and Frederic A. Lucas, of the U.S. National Museum. Jefferson F. Moser ... in command of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. Charles H. Townsend, of the U.S. Fish Commission. George A...

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Author:
United States Department of the Treasury Commission on Fur-seal Investigations  Search this
Jordan, David Starr 1851-1931  Search this
Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943  Search this
Lucas, Frederic A (Frederic Augustus) 1852-1929  Search this
Moser, Jefferson F  Search this
Townsend, Charles Haskins 1859-1944  Search this
Clark, George Archilbald 1864-1918  Search this
Murray, Joseph  Search this
Duffield, W. W (William Ward) 1823-1907  Search this
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey  Search this
Albatross (Steamer)  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. fronts. (v. 1, 3) illus., plates, maps (part fold.) diagrs. 28 cm. Atlas of 14 fold. charts (no. 3214-3227) 28 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1898
1899
1898-99
Notes:
Parts 1-4: Treasury Dept. doc. 2017. cf. Catalogue of the public documents of the Fifty-fifth Congress, 1901, p. 867.
Binder's title: Report of fur-seal investigations 1896-1897.
Atlas of charts has t.-p.: Report of the fur-seal investigation, 1896-1897. Charts of the islands and fur-seal rookeries of St. Paul and St. George, Pribilof group, Alaska. Prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey from surveys by Will Ward Duffield and party in the summer of 1897. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1899.
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Contents:
pt. I. The history, condition, and needs of the herd of fur seals resorting to the Pribilof islands, by David Starr Jordan and George Archibald Clark. Illustrated by photographs, and by drawings from nature by Bristow Adams.--pt. II. Observations on the fur seals of the Pribilof islands, 1872-1897, as extracted from the log of St. Paul Island, and as recorded in the daily journal of the Commission of 1896 and 1897.--pt. III. Special papers relating to the fur seal and to the natural history of the Pribilof islands.--pt. IV. The Asiatic fur-seal islands and fur-seal industry, by Leonhard Stejneger
Topic:
Sealing  Search this
Seals (Animals)  Search this
Call number:
SH361.U5X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_254379