Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 15 - 16, Hawaiian Islands group
date: label: Date Range
content: 1838-1842
label: Start Date
content: 1838
label: End Date
content: 1842
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content: Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 1 - 16, Peru, New South Wales (Australia), Samoa Islands group, Tonga Islands group, Fiji Islands group, and Hawaiian Islands group (William Dunlop Brackenridge) (15-16)
notes: label: Abstract
content: The 2 notebooks document William Dunlop Brackenridge's botanical collecting efforts in the Hawaiian Islands during the United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1842. Pages are numbered. The notebooks are lists of observed plants. May include collected specimens. Details include name of the plant, physical description, location found, sometimes information about terrain (i.e. woods, mountains, ), and whether an introduced species. There are references to Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga. Locations referenced included Lanai, Oahu, Maui.|The second notebook includes lists of plants in area in and around craters at: Sunday Station, Puna, and Mauna Roa. Plant lists are completed, and headed by location. These include but are not limited to: Pahuhali, Lahaina, Wailuku, Diamond Head, Honolulu, and Waianae.
place: label: Place
content: Hawaiian Islands
label: Place
content: Lanai
label: Place
content: Oahu
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content: Maui
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content: Lahaina
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content: Wailuku
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content: Diamond Head
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content: Honolulu
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content: Waianae
topic: label: Topic
content: Botany
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content: Botanists
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885
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content: Brackenridge, William D (William Dunlop), 1810-1893
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content: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007186
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885
label: Physical Description
content: 2 field books
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 1 Folder 4