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TOWARDS the close of 1884 several learned Societies in Holland granted collectively the means for a scientific mission to the Dutch colonies in South America and the West Indies. Prof. Suringar, with an assistant, took charge of the botanical work, whilst Prof. Martin was to carry on mineralogical and geological investigations, and Mr. Neervoort van de Poll volunteered as zoological collector. The party visited Dutch Guiana, Curasao, Oruba, and Buen Ayre, and made also a short trip to Venezuela.1
Westindische Skizzen: Reise-Erinnerungen.
By VonK. Martin, Professor für Geologie an der Universität zu Leiden, vii.-186 pp. 8vo, with 22 Plates and 1 Map. (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1887.)
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Prof. Suringar, on his way home, spent some days on the Dutch Leeward Islands St. Eustatius and Saba . He has published as yet only a small part of his very interesting report in the Journal of the Dutch Geographical Society (unfortunately in the Dutch language, so that few botanists abroad will be able to read it), besides a paper on a new Melocacti from Cura&çao, in the Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam.
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ERNST, A. Westindische Skizzen: Reise-Erinnerungen . Nature 35, 459–460 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035459a0
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