Lake Superior : Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals Compared with Those of Other and Similar Regions
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
ISBN-10
1108032559
ISBN-13
9781108032551
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 22nd, 2011
Print length
476 Pages
Weight
600 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Ecological science, the Biosphere
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Written by eminent geologist and glaciologist Louis Agassiz, this 1850 book made public the scientific report of the 1848 expedition to explore Lake Superior, including geological and zoological details. The book also includes a 'narrative' of the journey written by the artist James Elliot Cabot.
Written by Swiss–born geologist and explorer Louis Agassiz (1807–73), this 1850 publication was the first detailed scientific account of the natural phenomena of Lake Superior. Agassiz, who became a professor at Harvard and later founded the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, was the first scientist to suggest that the earth had experienced an ice age. In the summer of 1848 he led an expedition of his students to Lake Superior, to examine the northern shores, which had previously received very little attention from scientists. The artist James Elliot Cabot (1821–1903), who was included in the party, wrote the 'narrative' of the tour to accompany the scientific report, and this makes up the first part of the work. The rest of the book describes the geological phenomena and zoological distribution in and around the lake, comparing it with similar regions of the world.
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