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Klappentext First published in 1850! this book contains the scientific report of Louis Agassiz's exploratory expedition to Lake Superior in 1848. Zusammenfassung Written by eminent geologist and glaciologist Louis Agassiz! this 1850 book made public the scientific report of the 1848 expedition to explore Lake Superior! including geological and zoological details. The book also includes a 'narrative' of the journey written by the artist James Elliot Cabot. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Narrative: 1. Boston to the Sault de St. Marie; 2. The Sault to Fort William; 3. Fort William back to the Sault; 4. From the Sault homewards; Part II. Natural History: 1. The northern vegetation compared with that of the Jura and the Alps; 2. Observations on the vegetation of the northern shores of Lake Superior; 3. Classification of animals from embryonic and palaeozoic data; 4. General remarks upon the coleoptera of Lake Superior John L. Leconte; 5. Catalogue of shells, with descriptions of new species A. A. Gould; 6. Fishes of Lake Superior compared with those of the other great Canadian Lakes; 7. Description of some new species of reptiles from the region of Lake Superior; 8. Report on the birds collected and observed at Lake Superior J. E. Cabot; 9. Descriptions of some species of lepidoptera, from the northern shores of Lake Superior T. W. Harris; 10. The erratic phenomena about Lake Superior; 11. The outlines of Lake Superior; 12. Geological relations of the various copper deposits of Lake Superior.
