U.S.S. Yosemite Collects on Guam

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Summary

The Smithsonian Institution gives instructions to the commander of the U.S.S. Yosemite about collecting ethnological, zoological, and natural history specimens at Guam, a new possession of the United States.

Subject

  • United States Dept. of the Navy
  • U.S.S. Yosemite (Ship)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1899, p. 13

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April, 1899

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Cooperation
  • Natural History
  • Zoology
  • Anthropology
  • Museums
  • National Collections
  • Museums--Collection management
  • Natural history

Place

Guam

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