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    Robert Kennicott

    • Date: December 3, 2017
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9667,size=250,left]Robert Kennicott, born on November 13, 1835, was an original member and co-creator of the Megatherium Club and made quite a wave during his lifetime. He was considered a great naturalist, collecting specimens from his expeditions as well as local areas. Kennicott began his life in New Orleans on November 13, 1835, but his family

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    Discoveries Don’t Happen in an Armchair

    • Date: November 27, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: The 19th century was a transformative time for the natural sciences. New discoveries didn't just happen in an armchair. Scientists adventured into unfamiliar territory by land and sea on expeditions, and their new findings fed new theories. Groups like the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences formalized America's place

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    Exploration of the Southern Continent

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_13396,size=150,left]Much of the Smithsonian's early natural history collections came from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. The fourth Annual Report (1850) discusses several Latin American expeditions, in particular the exploration of islands near Nicaragua by Ephraim G. Squier, who served as U.S. charge d'affaires

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    Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)

    • Date: 1899 - 1899

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    Arnhem Land Expedition (1948)

    • Date: 1948 - 1948

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    Smithsonian-Princeton Expedition to Europe

    • Date: 1925 - 1925
    • Creator: Smithsonian-Princeton Expedition to Europe

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    Smithsonian African Expedition (1909)

    • Date: 1909 - 1910

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    Phillips Expedition to the Middle East

    • Date: 1914 - 1914
    • Creator: Phillips Expedition to the Middle East

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    Greenland Expedition of 1939

    • Date: 1939 - 1939

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah Bell

    • Date: March 20, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Deborah Bell, Assistant Collections Manager for the U.S. Herbarium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1975–2014, conserved, documented, and made accessible the collection of five million plant specimens. She participated in numerous expeditions, collecting specimens and training local students and staff. #Groundbreaker

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    Black Hills Expedition (1874)

    • Date: 1874 -

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    Terry-Holden Expedition, 1937

    • Date: 1937 - 1938

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