Inside Out Library · Explore

Alaska ..

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899), Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909, Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942, Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.) · 1901 · New York, Doubleday, Page & Company · 14 pictures

This 1901 volume from the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899, published in New York by Doubleday, Page & Company and edited with contributions from C. Hart Merriam and the Washington Academy of Sciences, is a scientific natural history record for a general and scholarly readership. The plates show glaciers, snowy peaks, and dark coastal water in both photographic and pen-and-ink views, offering a designer strong references for northern wilderness landscapes, tonal contrast between ice and rock, and simple engraved mountain outlines.

Natural history · Scientific expeditions

Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library