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The Bahama Islands

Title

The Bahama Islands

By

Geographical Society of Baltimore.
Bahama Expedition 1903-
Shattuck, George Burbank, 1869-1934

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Baltimore], Johns Hopkins Press, 1905

Notes

At head of title: The Geographical Society of Baltimore.

"Report of the Bahama Expedition sent out by the Geographical Society of Baltimore on June 1, 1903"--P. [ix].

Contents: Physiography and geology of the Bahama Islands / by George Burbank Shattuck and Benjamin LeRoy Miller -- Fossils of the Bahama Islands, with a list of the non-marine mollusks / by William H. Dall -- Tides and bench marks at Nassau, New Providence / by L.P. Shidy -- Magnetic observations in the Bahama Islands / by Oliver L. Fassig -- Climate of the Bahama Islands / by Oliver L. Fassig -- Exploration of the upper atmosphere at Nassau, New Providence, by means of kites / by Oliver L. Fassig -- Soils of the Bahama Islands / by Charles N. Mooney -- Vegetation of the Bahama Islands / by William C. Coker -- Mosquitoes of the Bahama Islands (introduction) / by L.O. Howard -- Mosquitoes of the Bahama Islands / by T. Homer Coffin -- Fishes of the Bahama Islands / by Barton A. Bean.

Contents: (cont.) Batrachians and land reptiles of the Bahama Islands / by Leonhard Stejneger -- Birds of the Bahama Islands / by Joseph H. Riley -- Mammals of the Bahama Islands / by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. -- Sanitary conditions of the Bahama Islands / by Clement A. Penrose -- History of the Bahama Islands, with a special study of the abolition of slavery in the colony / by James M. Wright -- Some general considerations relating to the Bahama Islands / by George Burbank Shattuck.