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Excerpt from A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): Physical Features and Geology
The Trustees having been pleased to authorize the preparation of a monograph embracing the scientific results of the exploration of Christmas Island by Mr. C. W. Andrews during a visit extending over ten months in 1897 - 98, I was requested by the Director to make the necessary arrangements, and Obtain the assistance of the several members of the stafi of the Natural History Departments in the British Museum and other gentlemen (whose names will be found in this work), without whose kind co-operation Mr. Andrews; task would have been an impossible one.
The valuable help of various special artists had also to be secured to illustrate the work, and within rather over a year from the time of inception the volume has been completed.
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The Trustees having been pleased to authorize the preparation of a monograph embracing the scientific results of the exploration of Christmas Island by Mr. C. W. Andrews during a visit extending over ten months in 1897 - 98, I was requested by the Director to make the necessary arrangements, and Obtain the assistance of the several members of the stafi of the Natural History Departments in the British Museum and other gentlemen (whose names will be found in this work), without whose kind co-operation Mr. Andrews; task would have been an impossible one.
The valuable help of various special artists had also to be secured to illustrate the work, and within rather over a year from the time of inception the volume has been completed.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Charles W. Andrews
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ISBN - 9780656522989
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 439
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ISBN - 9781331925316
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