PRINCETON UNIVERSITY EXPEDITIONS to PATAGONIA BOTANY/HATCHER/CHILE/RARE BIG 1903

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REPORTS OF THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY EXPEDITIONS TO PATAGONIA , 1896-1899. J. B. HATCHER IN CHARGE. EDITED BY WILLIAM B. SCOTT . VOLUME VIII--BOTANY. PART I--THE VEGETATION OF WESTERN PATAGONIA BY PER DUSEN . PART II-- HEPATICAE BY ARTHUR ( ALEXANDER ?) W. EVANS . PART III-- BRYOPHYTA BY PER DUSEN . PART IV-- PTERIDOPHYTA BY GEORGE MACLOSKIE . Princeton, N. J. : The University; Stuttgart, Germany : E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagschandlung (E. Nagele ), 1903. Scarce.A solid and attractive scarce book. Published more than 110 years ago, this edition is now long out of print and hard to find.From the Text: "PART I. THE VEGETATION OF WESTERN PATAGONIA . BY P. DUSEN . INTRODUCTION. IN the years 1895-1897 I travelled in Tierra del Fuego , Patagonia, and southern Chili on a general exploration of the botany and geology of that section, but making the moss-vegetation of the several districts the subject of my particular attention. It was therefore a great pleasure to me, on my return from South America, to receive for examination, from Professor George Macloskie , of Princeton University, a collection of mosses, which had been brought home form Tierra del Fuego and PAtagonia by Mr. J. B. Hatcher. Before giving an account of these mosses, I may perhaps be allowed in a few words to describe the leading features of the western PAtagonian vegetation. There is, I think, all the more need for this course, as our knowledge of this vegetation is very incomplete, being founded on only a few short notes in the books of Charles Darwin, R. O. Cunninghamg and a few other travellers , and on statements scattered through certain purely floristic works. For the northernmost section of western Patagonia we have a couple of detailed accounts by Dr. Ch. Reiche , describing the vegetation along the Rio Manso , which flows into the Reloncavi Inlet, and that of the district around the mouths of the Rio Palena . We have hardly any other information on the subject. The following description of the western Patanogian vegetation is founded upon my own explorations in the westernmost parts of the Straits of Magellan, in Newton ISland (lat 51o 53' S.), at Puerto Bueno (About 51o S.) and along Molyneux Sound (about 50o 16' S.), also upon my observations as a member of an expedition to the Rio Aysen , the expenses of which were defrayed by the Chilian government, and during a subsequent exploration of the Guaitecas Islands (about 43o 50' S.)..."According to Wikipedia: "John Bell Hatcher (October 11, 1861 - July 3, 1904) was an American paleontologist and fossil hunter best known for discovering Torosaurus ... In 1896, he conceived of, planned and secured the greater part of the funding for three expeditions to Patagonia, as well as the idea of publishing the results of the expeditions with funding from J. Pierpont Morgan. The trips were chronicled in the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. Because of the similarity of the flora and fauna in Patagonia and Australia, he concluded that the two were once connected by land..."---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Very Large Folio - sized hardcover book; 138 pages of text with numerous illustrations within text & many illustrated plates, including a few maps. Fair condition: title page detached and laid in with tearing; first illustrated plate with heavy tearing and nearly detached; rear blank page detached; many edge tears to first dozen pages; lacking front blank pages; signature and corrective note on title page; usual institutional markings, stamps, and notations "Yale University Library". Original hardcover binding, with wear, staining, some scuffing, & fraying to corners+edges. A solid and attractive copy of this book.Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $5 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book t... read more

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