Download or read book A Botanical Survey of the Galapagos Islands (Classic Reprint) written by Alban Stewart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Botanical Survey of the Galapagos Islands In the spring of 1905 I received the appointment of botanist of the Scientific expedition sent to the Galapagos Islands by the California Academy of Sciences. In preparing for this expedition the California Academy purchased the U. S. Ship Ernest, a two masted schooner of eighty-seven tons burden, and after refitting, rechristened her the Academy. Our party consisted of eleven members, as follows: R. H. Beck, chief; F. X. Williams, entomologist; W. H. Ochsner, geologist and conchologist; J. R. Slevin, herpetologist; J. S. Hunter and E. W. Gifford, ornithologists; E. S. King, assistant herpetologist; Frederick T. Nelson, mate; J. Parker, navigator; James W. White, cook; and myself, botanist. All of the scientific members of the expedition Shipped as seamen, so that the expedition was made up mostly of sailor-scientists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.