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Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer "Blake", in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880
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- Creator
- by Alexander Agassiz
- Other Titles
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- At head of title: Contribution to American thalassography
- Three cruises of the "Blake"
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888
- Physical Details
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- 2 volumes, 82 unnumbered leaves of plates (some color) : illustrations (some color), maps (some folded), diagrams ; 26 cm
- OCLC
- ocm09077459
- Published also as Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, v. 14 and 15.
- Vol. 1: xxii, 314 p., [36] leaves of plates ; vol. 2: [2], 220 p., [46] leaves of plates.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Vol. 1. Introduction ; Equipment of the "Blake" ; Historical sketch of deep-sea work ; The Florida reefs ; Topography of the Eastern Coast of the North American continent ; Relations of the American and West Indian fauna and flora ; The permanence of continents and of oceanic basins ; Deep-sea formations ; The deep-sea fauna ; The Pelagic fauna and flora ; Temperatures of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Western Atlantic ; The Gulf stream ; Submarine deposits ; The physiology of deep-sea life -- Vol. 2. The West Indian fauna ; Sketches of the characteristic deep-sea types: Fishes ; Characteristic deep-sea types: Crustacea ; Characteristic deep-sea types: Mollusks, Cephalopods, Gasteropods and Lamellibranchs, Brachiopods, Ascidians, Bryzoa ; Characteristic deep-sea types: Echinoderms, Holothurians, Sea-urchins, Starfishes, Ophiurans, Crinoids ; Characteristic deep-sea types: Acalephs, Ctenophoræ and Hydromedusæ, Hydrocorallinæ ; Characteristic deep-sea types: Polyps, Halcyonoids and Actinoids, Corals ; Characteristic deep-sea types: Rhizopods ; Characteristic deep-sea types: Sponges
Subjects
- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.).
- Blake (Ship) -- Travel -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
- Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean.
- Marine biology -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
- Marine biology -- Caribbean Sea.
- Marine biology -- Mexico, Gulf of.
- Marine sediments.
- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Description and travel.