For Science And National Glory; The Spanish Scientific Expedition to America, 1862-1866
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiv, 194, index; illustrated with maps and photographs; yellow cloth in a dust jacket; previous owner's small stamp on front endpaper, else very good. Very good / very good. Item #16134
A volume in the American Travel And Exploration Series. A "scientific expedition sent by Isabella II to the part of the New World still ruled by Spain. Seven naturalists and a photographer travelled to the Argentine Pampas, the Andes Mountains, the Atacama Desert, Patagonia, Panama, California and many other places searching for specimens and artifacts for museums in Spain. Robert Miller was the first non-Spanish scholar to have access to these records, basing his entire book on letters, journals, and official records. The author reprints many photographs from the expedition in two sections". Remarkable.
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