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A contribution to American thalassography : three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer "Blake", in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880 / by Alexander Agassiz : in two volumes.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marine animals--Atlantic Ocean.
- Marine animals.
- Marine sediments--Atlantic Ocean.
- Marine sediments.
- Oceanography--Research--United States.
- Oceanography.
- Oceanography--Research.
- Scientific expeditions.
- United States.
- Scientific expeditions--United States.
- Blake (Ship).
- Atlantic Ocean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations, folded maps.
- Other Title:
- Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer "Blake", in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880
- Three cruises of the "Blake"
- Place of Publication:
- Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- v. 1. Equipment of the Blake
- Historical sketch of deep-sea work
- The Florida reefs
- Topography of the eastern coast of the North American continent
- Relations of the American and West Indian fauna and flora
- The permanence of continents and of oceanic basins
- Deep-sea formations
- The deep-sea fauna
- The pelagic fauna and flora
- Temperatures of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic
- The Gulf Stream
- Submarine deposits
- The physiology of deep-sea life
- volume 2. The West Indian fauna
- Sketches of the characteristic deep-sea types: Fishes
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Crustacea
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Worms
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Mollusks
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Echinoderms
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Acalephs
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Polyps
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Rhizopods
- Characteristic deep-sea types: Sponges.
- Notes:
- Published also as Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, volume 14 and 15.
- Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 670073438
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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