Drawings for the U. S. Japan Expedition and U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1852-1856 (inclusive).

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Drawings for the U. S. Japan Expedition and U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1852-1856 (inclusive).

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Consists of drawings of new species of Japanese plants prepared by Isaac Sprague; they are black and white and most are 11"x14.5". Eight drawings illustrate species described in Gray's account of Perry expedition plants; 18 illustrate species described in Gray's account of Japanese plants of the North Pacific expedition; and 28 drawings are unidentified.

64 drawings.

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium

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SNAC Resource ID: 6932950

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...

United States North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition (1853-1856)

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United States Japan Expedition (1852-1854).

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U. S. Japan Expedition, directed by Commodore Matthew Perry, sailed in November 1852 for the purpose of opening Japan to foreign trade. A description of new species of plants collected in Japan was prepared by Asa Gray, and published in vol. 2 of the narrative of the expedition. U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition, directed by Captain Ringgold, also explored the China Seas and Japan. New species of phanogamous plants collected by the expedition botanist, Charles Wri...

Wright, Charles, 1811-1885

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Wright (Yale University, B.A. 1835) taught, participated in several surveys and expeditions, and collected plants in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cuba. He was botanist for the U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1855, and in 1871 accompanied a U. S. commission to Santo Domingo. From the description of Papers of Charles Wright, 1853-1871 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499437 ...

Sprague, Isaac, 1811-1895

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