Notice of the volcanic character of the Islands of Hawaii, in a letter to the Editor, and of various facts connected with late observations of the christian Missionaries in that country, abstracted from a Journal of a Tour around Hawaii, the largest of the Sandwich Islands

Author:

Silliman, Benjamin

Title:

Notice of the volcanic character of the Islands of Hawaii, in a letter to the Editor, and of various facts connected with late observations of the christian Missionaries in that country, abstracted from a Journal of a Tour around Hawaii, the largest of the Sandwich Islands

Periodical:

American Journal of Science

Year:

1826

Volume:

11

Pages:

1-36

Subject:

Mauna Kea description and travel

Summary:

In a letter dated April 20, 1825 to Professor Benjamin Stillman, Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy at Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, Mr. Joseph Goodrich, an American missionary to the Sandwich Islands, describes the volcanic character of the Island of Hawaii. Included in the letter is a description of Goodrich's expeditions to the summit of Mauna Kea. The article also includes "various facts connected with late observations of the Christian Missionaries in that country, abstracted from a Journal of a Tour around Hawaii, the largest of the Sandwich Islands" by William Ellis.

Label:

Geology

URL:

http://ajs.library.cmu.edu/books/pages.cgi?layout=vol0/part0/copy0&call=AJS_1826_011_1826

Date:

1826

Collection:

Periodicals