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...Archaeological researches which have been conducted in various parts of America. The most important of these researches have been made possible by the "Fund for the Encouragement of Mexican and Central American Research." This fund, maintained by yearly contributions, has enabled the Museum to carry on researches in Yucatan and Mexico for twelve years, and last year by means of it the Museum continued the work of several explorers. Mr. Gordon conducted researches in Guatemala, and made a valuable collection illustrating Indian arts and customs, and also secured a large collection of photographs of Indians. Mr. E. H. Thompson completed...
...work of the museum. There will be a series of photographs of the rooms and specimen cases, and a series of bromide enlargements showing the explorations in the field. The latter group, which will show the explorations as they are conducted, will cover the excavations of the ruins of Yucatan and Central America and the mounds and burial places in portions of the United States and Central America...
Hollister, Murchie and Bull of troop A, 1st U. S. Cavalry Volunteers, who sailed from Tampa on the transport "Yucatan," have been put in charge of the landing boat of their troop, positions of responsibility and danger if landing is attempted in the face of the enemy...
...subsidence of the district where they are situated. Dana's observations seemed greatly to strengthen the theory and its very simplicity gained it popularity. The first tangible objection to the theory was found in 1881 when a coral reef twenty-five fathoms deep was discovered off Yucatan, a peninsular which is still rising. My theory is that under the proper favorable conditions coral formation will start wherever a sub-station exists at a suitable depth beneath the surface of the water...
...active operation. In addition to buildings, a botanic garden, terrestrial and aquatic, has been established which has proved of great value in making practical demonstrations of plant life. Explorations under the direction of the Department of Archaeology and Paleontology have been made in South America, Florida, Yucatan, Babylonia, Honduras, Corea, Guatemala and Egypt, and a university museum to cost $300,000 is under...