For science and national glory, the Spanish scientific expedition to America, 1862-1866 / By Robert Tyal Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Robert Ryal.

Contributor:

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

American exploration and travel series

The American exploration and travel series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain. Comisión Científica del Pacífico.

Spain.

Natural history--South America.

Natural history.

South America.

South America--Description and travel.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1968.

Contents:

Background to the Expedition

Organizing the Scientific Commission

Atlantic Ocean Islands

The Empire of Brazil

Across the Pampas and Over the Andes

Through the Strait and Around the Cape

Chilean Cities and Deserts

Highlands of Bolivia and Peru

Lima, Guayaquil, and Panama City

California and Central America

Seven Months in Chile: Caught up in the War

Guayaquil to Quito: The Gran Viaje

In the Land of the Quitu Indians

To the Jungle of Eastern Ecuador

Exploring the Land of Cinnamon

Down the Amazon by Canoe, Raft, and Steamship

Back in Spain.

Notes:

"The paper on which this book is printed bears the watermark of the University of Oklahoma Press and has an effective life of at least three hundred years."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Adams copy has dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

175681