Expeditions Organized or Participated in by the Smithsonian Institution in 1910 and 1911

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Summary

The article describes the first scientific expeditions to the Panama Canal Zone. These expeditions were sent to Panama because of the concerns of American naturalists that the Canal would change the natural conditions of the area. In conjunction with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, the Smithsonian sent scientists to Panama to collect specimens, including vertebrate animals, land and fresh water mollusks and plants.

Subject

Field Museum of Natural History

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

The name of the author is not given

Contained within

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol 59, No. 11 (Contained within)

Contact information

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

Date

1912

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Rain forest ecology
  • Natural History
  • Zoology
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Specimens
  • Museums
  • Plants
  • Museum exhibits
  • Botany
  • Natural history

Place

  • Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)
  • Panama

Physical description

pp. 15-26

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