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A national treasure: Accounting for the natural history specimens from the Lewis and Clark Expedition (western North America, 1803-1806) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v 150
14 Apr 2000
Abstract
Nearly all of the natural history specimens now surviving from the Lewis and Clark Expedition across western North America in 1803-1806 are in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. These specimens encompass geology (two rocks and seven minerals), paleontology (one vertebrate fossil), botany (226 herbarium sheets), and herpetology (one specimen). This is a brief accounting only, but it is the first such summary ever of the Academy's Lewis and Clark holdings. Also included here are the first illustrations of the rock, mineral, and reptile specimens. Data accompanying the snake specimen indicate that it is from the expedition-an uncertain association-and this paper provides a circumspectual analysis of these data.
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- Title
- A national treasure: Accounting for the natural history specimens from the Lewis and Clark Expedition (western North America, 1803-1806) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Creators
- E E SpamerR M McCourtR MiddletonE GilmoreS B Duran
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v 150
- Publisher
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000086634500005
- Other Identifier
- 991019170341104721
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