Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881: Botatical Notes Notes and Memoranda: Medical and Anthropological; Botanical; Ornithological.
By John Muir
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John Muir
John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, writer, and advocate of US forest conservation. As early as 1876 Muir urged the federal government to adopt a forest conservation policy. In 1890, due in large part to Muir's efforts, an act of Congress created Yosemite National Park. In 1892 Muir and a number of his supporters founded the Sierra Club, an organization devoted to protecting the environment. Muir was instrumental in establishing Sequoia National Park, the Petrified Forest, Muir Woods National Monument, and Grand Canyon National Park. John Muir died in 1914, at the age of seventy-six. His writings continue to serve as sources of inspiration for naturalists and conservationists the world over and remain important works in the body of literature on America's natural history.
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Title: Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881: Botatical Notes
Notes and Memoranda: Medical and Anthropological; Botanical;
Ornithological.
Author: John Muir
Release Date: August 15, 2010 [EBook #33443]
Language: English
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THE
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FOR THE
SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
1882-'83.
IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES.
VOLUME 23.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1883.
CRUISE
OF THE
REVENUE-STEAMER CORWIN
IN
ALASKA AND THE N. W. ARCTIC OCEAN
IN
1881.
NOTES AND MEMORANDA: MEDICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL;
BOTANICAL; ORNITHOLOGICAL.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1883.
LETTER
FROM
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,
IN RESPONSE TO
A resolution of the House of Representatives transmitting the observations and notes made during the
cruise of the revenue-cutter Corwin in 1881.
March 3, 1883.—Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Treasury Department, March 3, 1883.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of resolution of the House, dated March 3, 1883, requesting that the Secretary of the Treasury furnish, as soon as convenient, to the Speaker of the House copies of documents in the possession of the Treasury Department containing observations on glaciation, birds, natural history, and the medical notes made upon cruises of revenue-cutters in the year 1881.
In reply, I transmit herewith the observations on glaciation in the Arctic Ocean and the Alaska region, made by Mr. John Muir; notes upon the birds and natural history of Bering Sea and the northwestern region, by Mr. E.