Word: samoa
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...purpose of the expedition was to study the volcanic formations and coral reefs of Samoa, under the auspices of the Carnegie Institute of Washington...
...literary friend, by Mr. P. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, in order that he might present them to the new library. Of the letters forming the series, twelve were written during the author's Pacific voyages between July, 1888, and October, 1890, and forty-five during his residence in Samoa between November, 1890, and November, 1894. Many are long, and taken together they furnish the fullest and most continuous record of the author's doings and feelings during the last seven years of his life...