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Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 15 - 16, Hawaiian Islands group

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Abstract

The 2 notebooks document William Dunlop Brackenridge's botanical collecting efforts in the Hawaiian Islands during the United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1842. Pages are numbered. The notebooks are lists of observed plants. May include collected specimens. Details include name of the plant, physical description, location found, sometimes information about terrain (i.e. woods, mountains, ), and whether an introduced species. There are references to Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga. Locations referenced included Lanai, Oahu, Maui.|The second notebook includes lists of plants in area in and around craters at: Sunday Station, Puna, and Mauna Roa. Plant lists are completed, and headed by location. These include but are not limited to: Pahuhali, Lahaina, Wailuku, Diamond Head, Honolulu, and Waianae.

Date Range

1838-1842

Start Date

1838

End Date

1842

Access Information

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Topic

  • Botany
  • Plants
  • Botanists

Place

  • Diamond Head
  • Honolulu
  • Lahaina
  • Hawaiian Islands
  • Waianae
  • Oahu
  • Maui
  • Wailuku
  • Lanai

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU007186

Collection name

United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885

Physical Description

2 field books

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 1 Folder 4