Original notebook of the botanist, volume 7, Peru, New South Wales (Australia), Samoa Islands group, Tonga Islands group, Fiji Islands group, and Hawaiian Islands group (William Dunlop Brackenridge) (7)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintThe notebook documents William Dunlop Brackenridge's botanical collecting efforts in the Aurora Islands during United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1842. The notebook are a list of observed plants across the Aurora Islands and Samoa. May include collected specimens. Details include name of the plant, physical description, location found, sometimes information about terrain (i.e. hills, ravine, mountains), and whether an introduced species. There are several mentions of plants present were the same as Tahiti and Eimeo.
1838-1842
1838
1842
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SIA RU007186
United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885
1 field book
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 1 Folder 4