Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899: J.B. Hatcher in charge

Date

1901-32

Identifier

Expeditions (Special Collections) Q115 P9 1896

Publisher

Princeton: The University

Description

Azorella caespitosa - Azorella flowering plant; Anemone multifida - Pacific anemone

Abstract

Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-99. Some sixty years after Charles Darwin and Robert Fitzroy’s Beagle expedition to Patagonia, Princeton University conducted three expeditions to the area with the first leaving Brooklyn on February 29th, 1896. Professor William Berryman Scott (1858-1947), head of the Geology and Palaeontology Department and the curator and palaeontologist, John Bell Hatcher (1861-1904) planned and led the expeditions. Ostensibly a palaeontogical expedition, the team also observed and researched the geology, zoology, anthropology and botany of the area.

Files

Princeton Patagonian 2.jpg

Citation

Edited by William B. Scott, “Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899: J.B. Hatcher in charge,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/8251.